A 23-year-old male student at Maseno University has been arrested over the suspected involvement in a violent robbery and rape of two fellow students from the same campus on the night of April 14, 2024.
Jacktone Oluoch Owiti was nabbed at his house, and one of the victims’ phones, which was stolen on the fateful night, was found in his possession.
In the April incident reported to the police by a member of community policing, the two first-year students aged 19 and 20 were attacked while sleeping in their shared room in the dead of night by two assailants who were armed with a machete and a dagger.
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“Kicking the door open and threatening the fear-stricken girls with stabs should they make a murmur, the agents from hell forced themselves on the victims before disappearing with their smartphones,” said the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
After making sure that the attackers were out of the vicinity, the victims screamed for help, and neighbours responded by assisting them to a local hospital for medical attention.
Kisumu West detectives who relentlessly pursued the case eventually caught up with the first suspect on May 15, who was paraded for identification yesterday. DNA sampling was conducted and later arraigned.
“New leads to his accomplice(s) have since been obtained and the investigators are hot on their trail,” added DCI.
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