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Residents dump body at police
station
Published on January 22, 2008, 12:00 am
By Karanja Njoroge
Hundreds of residents in Molo marched to the local police station
and dumped the body of one of their colleagues whom they claimed
raiders killed in the post-election violence.
The irate residents dumped the body at Elburgon Police Station to
protest at the killing.
The man had gone to harvest maize in one of the farms near
Elburgon town when a group of raiders attacked him.
A resident, Mr Francis Mureithi, said villagers had decided to go
and harvest maize in their farms after police assured them of
security.
"Police promised us maximum security so that we could go and
harvest our maize crop," he said.
Attackers who were hiding in the maize plantations pounced on the
farmer, slashing him to death.
On learning of the incident angry villagers took the body to the
police station, and demanded audience with the police boss.
Residents said the deceased was a carpenter.
The incident comes in the wake of two days of violence in the area.
Youths barricaded roads and more than 15 houses were set ablaze.
At the same time more than 20 houses were burnt in Londiani in a
revenge attack.
Youths who claimed they were avenging the violence meted against
their community burnt the houses and business premises of rival
communities.
The incident heightened tension in the volatile area with
residents expressing fear for their lives.
Meanwhile, victims of post-election violence in Kipkelion District
yesterday appealed to the Government to evacuate them. Speaking in
Nakuru, representatives of the victims said there were more than
800 families trapped in the area.
"We are making a passionate plea to the Government to evacuate us
from the troubled area,’’ the group leader, Mr Njoroge Ndaire,
said.
Their appeal comes in the wake of the death of 15 people over the
weekend in Kipkelion and Londiani.
Ndaire claimed the number of people who have lost their lives was
higher than the one released by the police.
He said the displaced would reject the Government’s offers to
assist them rebuild houses in the affected regions.
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