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Suspected Thug Lynched in Failed Robbery Attempt

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Published on Friday, 20 July 2007 07:46

A suspected gangster was on Saturday beaten to death by villagers in Getare, Nyamira District, during a failed robbery bid. The suspect was in a gang of five robbers who struck at about 8pm. They allegedly surrounded a house and ordered the owner, Timothy Mairuga, to come out or they would set it ablaze.

When Mairuga opened the door, they pushed him back into the house but his wife raised an alarm.

Neighbours quickly responded and managed to catch one suspect whom they stoned to death. The other four gangsters fled into the dark.

Meanwhile, Gucha residents are living in fear following a spate of robberies in the district.

At least five people have been shot dead in the last one week and scores left with gun wounds. In the first incident, Jomo Ondari, a Keroka-based businessman, was shot dead in a bar in Ogembo by robbers.

And a shoe shiner at Tabaka shopping centre, the late S Obure, was shot dead as he run for dear life in yet another unexplained murder.

A taxi operator in Kisii town whose identity has not been established was also robbed of his vehicle before he was shot dead. His body was found naked with several gun wounds.

In another incident, a driver and his conductors were taken to Tabaka Mission Hospital after they shot by unknown people along Nyachenge-Tabaka road.

The residents, among them businessmen, blamed the incidents on lax security.

Meanwhile the headmaster of Igonga Secondary School in Kisii District escaped death narrowly when he was attacked by thugs at the weekend.