Man lynched after beheading his mother over plate of ugali
A police vehicle takes away the bodies of Magdalene Wangechi, 68, and her son Patrick Irungu, 36. Irungu is suspected to have beheaded his mother before neighbours lynched him in Murang'a County.
Neighbours caught up with with the man in a nearby thicket where they subjected him mob injustice, leading to his death.
At the time the suspect was caught by the lynch mob he had already gotten rid of the murder weapon.
Angry villagers lynched a man in Gaturo village, Murang'a county on Saturday afternoon shortly after he killed his mother while quarrelling over a plate of food.
According to family members, the 68-year-old mother, identified as Magdalene Wangechi, had cooked bananas while her 36-year-old son by the name Patrick Irungu demanded to be served a plate of ugali.
