Four elderly villagers were on Sunday lynched to death by irate residents of Mbanda Village in Kitutu Chache sub-county, Kisii on suspicion of witchcraft.
The four who were above 60 years were accused of bewitching a 17-year-old Form Four student.
Confirming the incident, Kisii Deputy County Police Commander Patrick Muriira said the four were lynched after the Form four student who mysteriously lost hearing ability recovered and alleged they had bewitched him.
Police have so far arrested four people in connection to the incident with the police boss urging residents not to take law into their hands but instead report any case of suspected witchcraft to the police.
“Its quite unfortunate, that the residents if this area woke up in the morning and started lynching some people whom they accused of being witch doctors we have so far arrested four people in connection with the incident and we are pursuing more suspects,” said Muriira.
The bodies of the deceased have been moved to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital awaiting postmortem.
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