82 suspects detained in connection to bloody violence at tourists hotel in Watamu

Mathias Schmiot, Ian Langer, the son of billionaire hotelier Hans Langer and Justus Sheli Tinga at the Magistrate Court in Malindi on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. They and 80 others are accused of storming Temple Point resort and stealing Sh170,000 from a cashier Jack Charo Jefwa before injuring him. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]

Police are holding 82 suspects, among them the son of a German hotelier, following a violence that rocked a tourist hotel in Watamu, Kilifi County, on Tuesday morning.

Ian Langer and Matthias Schmiot are suspected to have been part of an armed group that raided Temple Point Resort to evict its new owners and employees.