Three suspected robbers were Wednesday killed by an irate mob after they snatched a handbag from a woman in Thika’s Makongeni’s area, Kiambu County.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says the three men who were on a motorbike had attacked the woman who was going about her business at Polysack area before escaping towards Thika town.
The woman’s screams of distress prompted boda boda riders and area residents to expeditiously come to her rescue.
By the time police officers arrived at the scene, the irate mob had roughed up the trio and set their bodies ablaze.
Police moved their charred remains to General Kago hospital morgue to await identification by their kin.
Three knives belonging to the suspects, a mobile phone and personal effects robbed from the victim were recovered.
The DCI is however calling on members of the public to desist from taking the law into their hands and instead hand over suspects to authorities to ensure the law takes its course.
