Six people suspected to be thieves were yesterday lynched in Nairobi's Kibera slum area. Irate residents clobbered three of the suspects to death using home-made weapons while the other three were necklaced with tyres and their bodies burnt beyond recognition. They accused them of being members of a gang of about 20 youngsters which has been terrorising them.
| Important safety tip here: Terrorizing can be a two way street... |
"These people have been terrorising us. We ask the police to arrest those who escaped or we shall kill them also," a resident, who wouldn't give his name, said.
| If I was them, I'd consider continuing to escape, like to Uganda or someplace... |
Drama started in the wee hours of the morning when one of the residents of the Kianda area was attacked by the gang. Residents came out of their houses in their hundreds to answer a distress call by the victim. They arrested a woman whom they beat up but spared her life when she volunteered to show them the whereabouts of accomplices.
| "I'll talk! I'll talk! Just stop hitting me there!" |
It as at this point that residents started hunting the suspects one by one. They caught up with three downstream in Raila section and lynched them. They had earlier burnt down a house where one of the suspect was believed to have been holed up. The residents frogmarched the woman upstream and caught up with the other three in the Kianda area. The mob immediately set upon them with building stones, metal bars and wood planks until they passed out. Police officers from Kilimani and Langata took away the bodies.
| "Dispose of these, wouldja, Officer Friendly?" |
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