Angry boda boda operators storm Tharaka village in search of murder suspect
The house which was torched by suspected bodaboda operators from Meru town in Maigani village in Tharaka constituency, Tharaka Nithi County on April 5, 2023.
About 100 armed men from Meru town stormed Maigani village in Tharaka constituency on Wednesday night and tormented residents for almost an hour, demanding that they produce a man they accused of killing their colleague and stealing his motorcycle last month.
The attackers, who were armed with pangas, metal rods and other crude weapons, beat the residents mercilessly, demolished two houses and torched another belonging to Godfrey Mutuma, the suspect in the murder and robbery with violence case.
