A robbery suspect lost his life in the most painful manner after he was burnt alive in Gatanga, Murang’a county.
The suspect identified as Joseph Karanja, 30, had committed the robbery last night and went into hiding, leaving irate residents baying for his blood.
At the crack of dawn , the unforgiving residents dispatched a search party for the suspect, in the hope that they would get hold of him and bring to an end the persistent robberies that have bedeviled Kiganjo sub-location, in the larger Gatanga constituency.
And as the exhausted search party was about to give up at 10am, they unbelievably stumbled on the suspect at his hideout, close to his father’s compound.
In a bid to evade arrest, the suspect jumped into a 10-feet pit latrine to save his skin but his mission was short lived.
Little did he know that the pit latrine would in a matter of minutes, be his waterloo.
Meanwhile, the agitated mob was gathering firewood and other flammable materials which they threw into the pit and started a fire, killing the suspect on the spot.
Detectives are cautioning members of the public not to take the law into their own hands but endeavor to report crimes to DCI for quick action.
