A 20-year-old man was on Sunday morning killed in Maragua town over Sh10 mútura debt.
According to Maragua Assistant County Commissioner Joshua Okello, the incident occurred at around 2am outside a nightclub.
“The information we have is that the two had an argument that resulted in the mútura seller reaching out for his knife and attacked the man,” he said
The incident occurred at Coro estate and the victim was pronounced dead at Maragua Level Four hospital.
“Irate residents responded by attacking the assailant and were on the verge of lynching him when police arrived and rescued him,” Mr Okello said.
He added that the suspect is now hospitalised under police guard.
The body of the deceased was moved to Murang’a Level Five Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.
“It was an unfortunate death…it was not deserved at all and we are investigating the incident. We are also reviewing the environment under which the incident occurred and if the nightclub had played any part,” he said.