Kirinyaga: Police hunting 4 suspected cattle thieves as angry villagers burn vehicle

Kirinyaga: Police hunting 4 suspected cattle thieves as angry villagers burn vehicle

File image of a vehicle on fire. PHOTO | COURTESY

Four armed gangsters escaped death by a whisker on Friday night after irate residents of Ngomongo, Kirinyaga County, set ablaze a vehicle they were allegedly using to ferry stolen livestock.

Nyumba Kumi elder Jacob Thuku says the thugs were cornered after area residents noticed two suspicious vehicles roaming around.

The crooks however fled before the incident.

"We resorted to setting the vehicle a blaze due to frustration and a spike in cattle theft in this area and we wanted to teach them a lesson," Thuku told Citizen Digital.

Confirming the incident, Mwea West sub-county Deputy Police Commander Sammy Beauttah noted that the vehicle that was burnt down was allegedly stolen from Mururi shopping centre in Gichugu by the suspects.

According to Beauttah, the Toyota Probox vehicle belongs to William Nyamu; his wife was forced to lie down before the thugs fled with the vehicle.

“We are urging residents to avoid taking law in their hands even if there are cases of theft in their village because right now Nyamu is counting losses, it is said we found the stolen vehicle engulfed in flames.' Beauttah said.

Police are currently tracing the four suspects. 

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