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Mob lynches man after he kills father over sukuma wiki

Mourners gather at the home of Milton Abednego who was killed by his son Lincoln Topi after they quarralled over sukuma wiki vegetables at Emulwala village, Khwisero Constituency, Kakamega County. [Benard Lusigi, Standard]

A sombre mood has engulfed the Emulwala village, Khwisero Constituency, Kakamega County, after irate residents lynched a man who hacked his father to death for quarrelling over sukuma wiki vegetables.

Lincoln Topi,39, who had killed his father, Milton Abednego, 70, on Wednesday evening using a machete after his father caught him red-handed and confronted him for stealing his Sukuma Wiki vegetables, was killed using the same machete he used to kill his father.

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