A robbery suspect who was part of a gang that attempted to stage a robbery last night in Gitaru within Kabete, Central, was cornered by angry neighbours and beaten to death.
The suspect was part of a gang that had jumped into the compound of a villager, but their mission was aborted when the homeowner heard echoes of their feet clomping loudly in his compound and raised the alarm.
In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Chege wa Maguta, was dead asleep at around 4 am when he heard sudden thuds occasioned by what he initially assumed in his slumber, were objects falling from the skies.
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Moments later, the tempo of the footsteps increased, followed by miserable bleats of his sheep, prompting him to ask his wife, in exasperation, whether she had also heard the commotion.
The man of the house immediately jumped from the bed, tiptoed towards the bedroom’s window, and peeped from one corner to catch a glimpse of what was happening.
“He spotted silhouettes of people moving towards the sheep’s kraal, that had been raided one week ago, and immediately raised alarm as his wife joined him in a melodic cacophony of screams,” said the DCI.
The terrified thugs immediately scattered from the compound and jumped over the perimeter while one of them took cover inside an incomplete structure.
The neighbours responded immediately, and Chege, pacing up and down the house screaming, unlocked the door while pointing towards the direction of the incomplete building where the remaining thug had taken refuge.
A 30-year-old man was flushed out of the structure and beaten with less consideration. When officers from a nearby police station arrived, the man couldn’t mutter anything.
The officers rushed him to the hospital but unfortunately, he died an hour later as doctors tried to save his life.
“His body is lying at the hospital’s morgue pending identification and postmortem,” added DCI.
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