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Killing Fields: Police place Sh1m bounty on key suspect in Mt Elgon terror

Police have asked those with information on Timothy Kiptanui Kitai alias Cheparkach to call or text their hotlines 020-2199151/999/112/0702432877 [Courtesy]

“They shot my husband in the chest at close range and then chopped off his head. They then put his head in a bag they were carrying and ran away with it,” narrated 29-year old Phemi Chebet.

The mother of five had witnessed the cruel killing of her husband in the troubled Mt Kenya and was appealing to the government to help her find the decapitated head for burial according to her tradition.

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