Police are pursuing a gang that stormed a village in Meru on Thursday night, before killing and burning three people aged 70, 72 and 68 for allegedly engaging in witchcraft. According to police reports, the gang attacked and killed the three at Gitine village in Imenti South and attacked the fourth victim in Kireru village before fleeing. Fredrick Kaini Nkabu, 70, Samuel Mwamba, 72, and Zachary Kaburu, 68, were hacked to death before their bodies were set ablaze by the attackers. Mweru Location Chief Purity Kainyu said the armed group stormed the village moving from one homestead to the next looking for suspected witches. The victims’ bodies have been moved to Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital awaiting postmortem.

Source: Standard Digital June 05, 2021 13:31 UTC