A Kenyatta University student was lynched by irate residents
for allegedly trying to steal an Embu county assembly officer’s car.
A crowd armed with different kinds of weapons beat Vincent
Akinga, a 22 year-old third year student, to death.
Embu West subcounty police boss Francis Sang said reports
indicated that Akinga was found inside a car belonging to Silas Mwaniki,
principal sergeant-at-arms at the assembly
Sang said the suspect had allegedly tried to tamper with the
vehicle that was parked outside its owner's house.
He said Mwaniki was awakened by the alarm and set off the
one in his house attracting residents.
Sang reported that the mob accosted the man while he was
inside the vehicle, registration number KAQ 561W Mazda, at Bondeni estate in
Embu town at about 5am on Saturday morning.
He said they pulled Akinga out and beat him up using weapons
including stones, timber bars and whips.
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