Igembe North: Four People Killed By Suspected Mentally Ill Man

• A man believed to be mentally ill attacked and killed four people in Kileera village of Laare sub-county
• Police confirmed the incident and said angry locals chased down the perpetrator and killed him
• Investigations into the incident have commenced as police seek to find out the real cause of the brutal killings

Meru - Fear and grief have engulfed the Kileera village of Laare in Igembe North following the brutal murder of four people.

The four were attacked and killed by a suspected mentally ill man on the night of Saturday, August 31.

Later, an angry mob chased down the suspected perpetrator and killed him.

Mark Bitok, the deputy police commander in the Laare sub-county, confirmed the incident.

Bitok told TUKO.co.ke that the attacker, a man believed to be mentally unstable, attacked the victims at their workplaces before killing them.

“We received tragic and sorrowful news about the deaths of four people. We have confirmed that these individuals were brutally attacked by someone while they were at their workplace. The citizens managed to chase down the suspect and killed him,” the administrator confirmed.

He also urged the public not to take the law into their own hands and instead wait for an investigation to be conducted so that they can understand the motive behind the killings.

“We ask the public to refrain from taking matters into their own hands,” Bitok said.

The victims' bodies have been taken for preservation, pending a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death.

Nyamira man kills mother

Previously, TUKO.co.ke reported that a youth hailing from Nyamira county, known as Wesley Ondieki, allegedly stabbed his mother to death.

Ondieki allegedly stabbed his mother when she declined to provide him with KSh 500 from the funds collected for his father's funeral expenses.

He also assaulted his sister, inflicting severe injuries upon her before running away from the scene.

The mother's body was transported to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary. Subsequent reports revealed that unidentified attackers killed Ondieki after fleeing from their residence.

Story by Valary Akoth, TUKO.co.ke correspondent.

Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke