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Boda boda thief set ablaze as accomplices escape

A man was killed by a mob after he was caught stealing a motorcycle in Athi, Igembe South, Meru County.  According to witnesses, the man was in the company of two accomplices when they turned against a boda boda operator who they had hired.

"The three men accosted the rider once they reached a secluded area on the Maua-Mikinduri road. They attacked him and tried to steal the motorcycle, but people who were passing by the raised alarm," said the witness.

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