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Teenager arrested exhuming his mother’s body

A teenager was caught by police exhuming his mother’s body in Kandara, Murang’a County. [Photo: Courtesy]

Police are holding a 17-year-old teenager after he was found for a second time trying to exhume remains of his mother.

The suspect was apprehended in Kamae village in Kandara with a jembe before he was only a few inches to reach the remains of his mother Lucy Njeri who was buried two years ago.

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