Mlolongo: Vendor lynched after fatally stabbing man 'over Ksh10 peanuts'

Residents of Mlolongo, Machackos County, lynched a peanut vendor who stabbed a resident to death for allegedly failing to pay for a packet of nuts worth Ksh10, which he ate. 

The resident was stabbed in the neck and died on the spot.

The vendor attempted to flee, but was cornered by a mob and beaten to death at the site where he had left his victim. 

Police arrived at the scene and took the bodies to City Mortuary.

According to Charles Chiande, a neighbour of the stabbing victim, the two knew each other and were friends before disagreeing on a separate matter. 

"They seemed to be holding a grudge against each other," he said.