A serious and sad incident has claimed the life of a thief after irate university youths lynched and burned him alive.
Man burning alive (Photo:File)
A tensed atmosphere has enveloped a university campus causing panic after a suspected theif was lynched by residents of Nyeri View estate together with Kimathi University students. The incident happened in Kenya.
It was gathered that the man was caught as he tried to steal a gas cylinder from one of the students living in the hostels. He was accosted after the students raised alarm and beaten to death before they burnt his body using fuel and firewood, News24 reports.
According to some residents in the area, the man was a well-known robber in the area. The youths were angry because they have suffered loss of commodities including household items numerous times to armed-robbers.
However, authorities in have condemned the act saying they were wrong to have taken laws into their hands. The remains were collected by police officers and taken to Nyeri County referral Hospital mortuary.