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After headless body, severed head now found in Meru village

Severed head Meru

The section of a maize farm at Charuru market in Tigania East, Meru County, where a severed head was discovered on June 26, 2021.

Photo credit: Charles Wanyoro | Nation Media Group

By  Charles Wanyoro

What you need to know:

  • Police sources say the nature of the cut in the neck suggests use of a grinder or power saw and that the perpetrators are “ruthless killers”.

Police in Meru County are investigating the identity of a person whose severed head was found in a maize farm in Charuru village, Tigania East.

It is believed the victim is a young man - either a teenager or someone who was in their early 20s.

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