Scores hurt as police exhume body buried inside thicket

DCI officer questions Kennedy Owino [Photo: Peterson Githaiga]

Scores of people, including detectives, were injured yesterday when a mob hurled stones at officers exhuming the body of a man who went missing two months ago. The officers had just finished the exercise when hundreds of residents of Noonkopir village in Kitengela, Kajiado County, started pelting the officers, who had a suspect in their custody, with stones.

[Photo: Peterson Githaiga]

The suspect is being held in connection with the murder of the mechanic two months ago. The body was found buried in a shallow grave inside a thicket. Martine Nyuguto, who led the detectives, was injured on the head while several residents were also injured after being knocked down by a speeding vehicle that had the suspect. Several vehicles, including the one carrying the detectives, had their windscreens smashed. Armed police officers escorting the convoy were forced to shoot in the air to disperse the angry crowd. Those injured were treated in a nearby hospital while the officers got first aid from their colleagues