Kisii: Four killed by neighbours in family land tussle

Police in Kisii County are investigating the gruesome killings of four people at Sugubo village in Nyamache.

According to area OCPD Kipkulei Kipkemoi, there was a long-standing land tussle within the family of one James Kerandi, which attracted the attention of angry villagers on Saturday evening.

Three houses were torched by agitated members of the community in addition to destruction of unknown amount of valuables.

Enraged locals used crude weapons, including fork jembes, arrows and machetes, to lynch the three.

A charred body was retrieved earlier on Sunday burnt to ashes inside one of the three houses.

A multi-agency team has since collected samples from the crime scenes for examination. One of the guards who escaped with serious injuries is receiving treatment at Kisii Teaching and Refferal Hospital.

The four bodies have since been taken to Nyamache Sub County hospital awaiting an autopsy.