Robber lynched after breaking into church

A map of Gucha in Kisii County where a robber was lynched after breaking into a church. GRAPHIC | GOOGLE MAPS

What you need to know:

  • He was part of three-man gang that had broken into Jesus Is Here Church.
  • The police boss appealed to the public not to take the law into their own hands.

A suspected robber was lynched by a mob Tuesday morning in Nyabisiongororo Village in Gucha, Kisii County, after breaking into a church.

He was part of three-man gang that had broken into Jesus Is Here Church but was caught by locals as they fled.

Kisii County Police Commander Agnes Mudambi said some members of the public raised the alarm after hearing commotion in the church.

"The enraged mob caught up with the suspect, whom they beat before setting him ablaze," she told the Nation.

A motorcycle belonging to the suspect was also torched in the incident.

His two alleged accomplices escaped.

The police boss appealed to the public not to take the law into their own hands.

The body was taken to the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary.