Shocked residents at the scene a Manoti Mobero, 90, was killed. [ Stanley Ongwae, Standard]
A man said to be mentally ill was lynched in Sononkora village, Nyamira County, on Tuesday after he reportedly killed a 90-year-old man.
Maxwell Nyakundi, 40, is said to have attacked Manoti Mobero with a machete killing him on the spot.
Confirming the incident, area chief Livingston Mabuka said the 90-year-old suffered deep cuts.
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“Nyakundi was walking when he met and attacked Mobero. The elderly man was found unconscious and later succumbed to his injuries,” Mabuka said.
Nyakundi tried to hide in a neighbour’s house after the attack but was flushed out by angry villagers and lynched.
According to a resident Kepha Nyasimi, Nyukundi struggled with mental illness and would turn violent at times.
“He [Nyakundi] has assaulted many people. We had, however, not lost a life until this latest attack,” said another villager, Duke Oichoe.
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