ADVERTISEMENT In a chilling episode of vigilante violence that has once again spotlighted Kenya’s struggle with mob justice, a suspected livestock thief was brutally killed and his vehicle set ablaze by an enraged crowd in Othach village, Yimbo East Ward, Usigu Sub-County.
Local residents, frustrated by persistent cattle rustling in the region, reportedly cornered the man after he was caught allegedly attempting to steal animals under the cover of darkness. Eyewitnesses described how the mob descended swiftly, overpowering the suspect before he could flee. In the chaos that ensued, the unidentified man was beaten to death, and his vehicle—a pickup truck believed to have been used in the theft—was doused with fuel and torched, reducing it to a smoldering wreck.
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