Nairobi - A mob in central Kenya on Monday beheaded two suspected members of the Mungiki, a gang itself famous for decapitating its victims, police said.The two young men were beheaded and had their fingers chopped off during the incident which took place in the town of Karatina, where 29 people were killed in April in clashes between Mungiki members and local vigilantes.
"The two suspected Mungiki sect members were hacked to death by a mob which we have been told was backed by members of a vigilante group," national police spokesperson Erick Kiraithe told reporters.
"An investigation was launched but no suspect has been arrested," he added.
Twenty-one men who had been charged over the April violence were freed on Friday alongside former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga.
Once a pseudo-religious group of dreadlocked youths who worshipped spirits in Mount Kenya and embraced rituals such as female circumcision, the Mungiki has evolved into an extortionist gang notorious for beheading its victims