Police in Kisumu are investigating the death of two high school students who were among three suspected robbers burnt to death on Tuesday over motorbike theft.
According to residents, boda boda operators cornered the three in Kisumu’s Manyatta estate and frog-matched them to an open field where a mob descended on them.
According to Capital News, the mob accused the suspects of robbing a rider of his motorbike Monday night.
“It is reported that there were six people who accosted a cyclist who was carrying a pillion before they bounced on them,” a resident said.
After robbing the cyclist and his pillion of goods, the suspects—some of whom the residents claimed could be identified—left the scene while others drove off with the motorcycle.
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On Tuesday morning, boda boda operators in the vicinity banded together and began looking for the alleged robbers.
“They were first interrogated with a view of locating the missing cycle but they failed to cooperate."
Locals identified two suspects as students at a local secondary school, with further reports indicating they were in Form II and III.
Police visited the scene, collected the charred remains of the suspected robbers, and moved them to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary for postmortem examination.
