Angry residents kill, burn two suspected goat thieves

Residents of Kiratina village watch as a van in which stolen goats were found burns on Sunday. Two suspected thieves were killed and their bodies also burnt. [Photo: Kamau Maichuhie/Standard]

Tired of losing their goats to criminals at night, residents of Kiratina village in Ruiru decided to form a vigilante group to beat the thieves.

And so when Wilson Kinyanjui, 75, heard an unusual movement outside his house at 2am on Sunday, he decided to come out and check what was happening.