Police from Wanguru police station in Mwea East, Kirinyaga County have arrested a man suspected to have defiled his two-and-a-half-year-old girl.
The minor was reportedly left behind by her mother, who had differed with her husband when the incident happened.
Residents of Kiumbu village responded to the toddler’s cries, but the man managed to escape. Shortly, he was caught by the irate residents who were baying for his blood.
They frog marched him to Kimbimbi dispensary, where they locked him in one of the room before calling police.
Confirming the incident Mwea East OCPD James Mutua said that police responded after they received information from members of the public.
Mutua said the two and half-year-old was undergoing treatment at Kimbimbi sub-County Hospital where a medical report revealed she had been defiled.
