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Mentally ill suspect lynched over death of 90-year-old man

By Stanley Ongwae | 4yrs ago

Shocked residents at the scene a Manoti Mobero, 90, was killed. [ Stanley Ongwae, Standard]

A man said to be mentally ill was lynched in Sononkora village, Nyamira County, on Tuesday for alleged murder.

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