Man drowns while bathing in River Migori in Nyatike area
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A 20-year-old man drowned as he was bathing in a river in Nyatike area, Migori County.
Police said Brian Omondi Deya was taking a bath in River Migori in Munyu area when he slipped in there and drowned.
His body was later retrieved from the scene and taken to a local mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
Such incidents have become common in the area amid calls for caution to avoid them, police said.
Elsewhere in Awendo area, Migori County, a 16-year-old boy drowned in a river in an accident. The incident happened in Kanyaserega area, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending other procedures.
Elsewhere in Chinga’s Kagicha area, Nyeri County, police are hunting for a gang that raided a road construction site and vandalized vehicles. The gang also roughed up guards on duty who were guarding the S S Mehta Construction Company site along the Kagicha-Muirungi Road.
According to the police, the gang who were in a salon car stole 14 batteries from machines there and two starters.
The guards were found tied up in a room and rescued. Police said they are investigating the incident.
In Mai Mahiu area, Nakuru County, a driver was robbed of his lorry by four men who had posed as loaders. The driver had joined a feeder road to a quarry area on Tuesday afternoon when the four boarded as it usually happens.
After he reached near the quarry, the four men turned out to be thugs and took control of the Fuso F1 lorry. They drove to Mutarakwa area where they abandoned the drover on the road and sped off to an unknown destination, police said.
The search for the lorry is ongoing, police said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, police in Kitengela, Kajiado County recovered a pistol with a bullet from a suspect following a robbery in the area.
Police said a gang of three riding on a motorcycle had attacked and robbed a woman of her mobile phone. They then jumped onto their motorcycle and tried to escape as the victim raised an alarm in the Monday night incident. Other boda boda riders in the area joined the hunt on the three on the Kitengela-Namanga highway.
They were caught up a few kilometers ahead where one suspect was stoned to death and his body set on fire while the other two managed to escape, police said.
Police said they recovered a Falcon pistol from the suspect who was a pillion passenger. The hunt for the two other suspects is ongoing, police said as they moved the remains to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
Such cases of attacks by gangs on motorcycles have been on the rise in the area amid efforts to address the trend. Police say they have deployed more personnel to address the same.