Police in Kirinyaga is investigating a complaint that saw two brothers and their corpses lynched on Sunday.

According to the family, before the two died, one of the brothers planned to visit Qatar for business.

According to reports, the two married brothers were attacked on Sunday at around 2 am while responding to a distress call.

A relative, Martin Mwaura, told Wananchi Reporting that "their cousins who were leaving after attending a family party" called them.

The cousins called the two brothers to tell them that a bunch of individuals had attacked them with crude weapons.

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The two brothers hurried to their cousins to see if they could help them, Mwaura recalled. "That's when the two brothers left their residences in a huff."

Mwaura claims that the two brothers encountered a hostile gathering of individuals who beat them into submission before lynching them.

The other cousins fled and took shelter at the police station in Ciagi-ini.

Kennedy Gitau, age 28, and Joseph Ndung'u, age 35, have been named the deceased brothers.

The officials pleaded with the Residents in Karaba to practice restraint while authorities conducted their inquiries.

"I'm pleading with the populace not to impose law on themselves. The OCS said, trying to reassure the people, "Let us investigate the issue as police.

The bodies were delivered to Embu Level Five hospital's mortuary to await an autopsy.