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The grave of Boniface Ngigi in Mumbu village, Murang'a County.

| Joseph Kanyi | Nation Media Group

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'They killed my son after I failed to pay Sh100'

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By  Mwangi Muiruri

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Immediately after the murder, some of the attackers took to social media and posted pictures of the killing.

At around 10am on  June 14, James Thuo received a call from his 25-year-old son, who was in dire straits.

His son, Boniface Ngigi, desperately needed Sh100 to pay an extrajudicial fine imposed on him by a lynch mob on suspicion of stealing dry beans.

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