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Suspected petty thief kills himself to avoid arrest

A suspected thief committed suicide to avoid being arrested by police.

The suspect, identified as Oscar Monda Omosa aged 21 died after swallowing pesticide, known as acaricide, after the police caught up with him in his hideout at Nyamusi Village in Nyamira North Sub County at around 5 am.

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