Detectives are investigating an incident where two suspects were arrested while in possession of two rifles in a village in Makueni County.
A team of police that was on an operation to arrest two suspects wanted for an assault case that had been reported on April 11, 2025 stumbled on the weapons on May 3, 2025.
One of the suspects was found with an AK47 rifle with 25 rounds of ammunition, two magazines and a military water camel and a sword while a second suspect was found with a G3 rifle along with 20 rounds of ammunition, two G3 magazines, an empty AK-47 magazine, a police magazine pouch, and a sword.
Police said they are investigating the motive for the weapons.
The two were expected in court for further processing.
Police want to establish the source and motive of the weapons.
The team handling the matter also wants to establish if the weapons had been used to commit a crime in the area or any part of the country.
Meanwhile, two suspects were lynched by mobs in separate incidents in Nairobi on Sunday.
The first incident happened in Kangemi area where a suspect was stoned to death after he tried to snatch a mobile phone from a pedestrian.
The pedestrian raised an alarm alerting locals who stoned the suspect to death.
In the Donholm area, a man accused of trying to steal a bicycle was stoned to death. The victim was attacked by a mob after an alarm had been raised.
He died on the spot. The bodies of both victims were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
Cases of mob lynching have been on the rise amid a campaign to address the menace. Police discourage mob lynching and call it criminal.
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