Police have arrested 14 suspected who are suspected to be linked to a robbery incident in Kericho were a gang of four men armed with crude weapons broke into the house, severely injured a 78-year-old man, killed his wife aged 73 years, robbed them of money and sexually assaulted their 3 grand daughters.
One of the suspects, a 30-year-old man, was positively identified by the three girls aged 11, 13 and 20 years after an identification parade was conducted, the Directorate on Criminal Investigations said on its Twitter handle.
During the incident, the house help was also seriously hit with a blunt object leaving her unconscious. The DCI said its detectives are doing everything possible to bring all the four suspects to justice.
The four-man gang is reported to have descended on the old man, Kiplangat Chepkwony, while he was asleep and robbed him of Ksh 5,000, his mobile phone before fatally hitting his wife Anna Chepkwony on the head.
“We have several suspects in custody and we are closing in on others who have gone underground but are said to have participated in the murder of the grandmother,” Litein Police Divisional boss Ali Abdi told reporters.
According to Daily Nation, many of the men arrested are casual labourers who were constructing a house for one of the woman’s sons. The construction is adjacent to the main house, the scene of the crime.
The other suspects are boda boda riders who reside in the area that borders Bomet County.
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