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Homa Bay police pursue boda boda riders after they burn bus
Police are pursuing boda boda riders who burnt this bus in Homa Bay Town on December 10, 2017. One rider is said to have been hurt after he hit the bus from behind as it dropped passengers prompting his colleagues to burn it. PHOTO | BARACK ODUOR | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Luggage was being removed from the vehicle when the rider hit the bus sustaining injuries.
- A passenger who was in the bus was also hurt.
- Homa Bay OCPD Ochorokodi said investigations had been launched into the incident.
Police in Homa Bay are pursuing boda boda riders who have torched a passenger bus which was travelling from Nairobi.
The bus had stopped at a petrol station in Homa Bay Town Sunday morning to drop a passenger before a boda boda rider rammed into it from behind.
According to an eyewitness, luggage was being removed from the vehicle when the rider hit the bus sustaining injuries.
A passenger who was in the bus was also hurt.
It was then that other riders attacked the bus driver, forcing him to flee before they poured petrol on the vehicle and set it ablaze.
Homa Bay OCPD Essau Ochorokodi confirmed the incident, saying that the rider and a passenger who was in the bus are currently recuperating at the Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital.
During the incident some luggage belonging to passengers was burnt.
Mr Ochorokodi said investigations had been launched into the incident.
"We have begun pursuing the boda boda riders who torched the bus," said Mr Ochorokodi.
