Tractor driver’s severed head, torso recovered in Kisumu

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Detectives are investigating an incident in which a tractor driver was found murdered and his head severed in Koru, Kisumu County.

His head and torso were found separately on Tuesday after his murder, police said. The motive behind the murder of Patrick Akelo Amemo, 41, was not immediately established.

A bodaboda rider told police they found the man’s head at Kona Mbaya area about Achego-Muhoroni Road, wrapped in a paper bag.

A few minutes later, the torso was found near Amemo’s residential house, police said. Police said his manhood had also been severed.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. Police believe the man died painfully.

Elsewhere in Kimilili, Bungoma County, a woman was found murdered and her body dumped on the roadside.

The woman was naked and her neck had been tied with a white clothe. Police said her private parts had been severed with and body had injuries on the left eye.

Two suspects were later rescued and arrested over the murder. Police said a mob was lynching the suspects when an alarm was raised and they managed to rescue them.

They are under investigation over the murder. Police want to establish if the woman was assaulted before being murdered.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.

Murder cases have been on the rise in the area amid efforts to address the trend.