Residents torch homes of robbery suspects in Migori

One of the suspects' houses that was set on fire. [File, Standard]

Residents of Kakrao village in Migori County on Thursday burnt down houses belonging to three robbery with violence suspects alleged to have been raiding shops and churches in Migori town. Residents armed with fuel and crude weapons also broke into a fourth suspect’s house, took out his belongings and burnt them.

The residents’ actions followed the arrests of five suspects who were arraigned in court on Thursday. According to Charles Lokoye, the Kakrao Boda Boda chairman, the suspects have been involved in a series of crimes in the area.