Murang'a mourners held for alleged miraa, phone robbery

However, the woman reported the robbery and police waylaid the mourners on their way back. Murang’a East OCPD Johnstone Limo said the victim positively identified two suspects.PHOTO: COURTESY

Ten mourners are in police custody for allegedly robbing a woman of miraa and a mobile phone in Kaweru market, Kiharu constituency.

 The 10 were riding in a minibus from Githurai on Friday to attend a funeral in Kaweru village.

However, the woman reported the robbery and police waylaid the mourners on their way back. Murang’a East OCPD Johnstone Limo said the victim positively identified two suspects.

 Limo said they had been alerted by their Nairobi colleagues that a gang associated with a suspected robber who had been gunned down in Shelton estate would attend his burial in Murang’a.