Suspected phone thief burnt to death in Kisumu

People mill around the place where a teenager was lynched in Kondele area in Kisumu on 20/1/2017 after allegedly stealing a phone from a woman which was later recovered. Photos: KEVIN OGUTU/STANDARD

A suspected thief was Friday lynched by irate mob in Kondele area in Kisumu after he allegedly snatched a phone from a woman.

While the phone was later recovered from him and handed over to the woman who was traveling to Kakamega, the teenage boy was accosted by the angry Kondele residents who accused him of being one of the thugs who terrorize people in Kondele.