Embu women rep castigates rape, murder of 80-year-old granny

Embu County Women Representative Rose Mitaru has castigated an incident where unknown people dug a hole in the wall of a home belonging to an 80-year-old woman, managed to enter her house and raped her, leading to her death in Kigumo Village of Runyenjes in Embu County.

Ms Mitaru said it was absurd that youths would wake each other at night and carry out such a heinous act to woman old to be their grandmother.

She opined that the youths might have been high on drugs or other substances to enable them to carry out such an act, adding that it could bring a curse on those involved.

Ms Mitaru urged police to carry out an intensive investigation and bring to book the persons behind rape and the death of the granny.