Police pursue suspected serial killer as 20 people murdered

Police officers inspect a scene of murder in Kakamega county. Residents are living in fear over rising insecurity in the region. [File, Standard]

Police officers in Kakamega are pursuing a man believed to be behind suspected ritual murders that have left over 20 people dead in one month.

Majority of the victims are night guards who have been murdered in cold blood at their work places. Detectives are exploring the ritualistic killings theory in the manner in which the attacks are executed and the fact that nothing is stolen from the victims.