Gunmen raided a village in Igembe, Meru County, and killed three people in an attack.
The motive of the attack is yet to be known and locals are calling on police boss Japhet Koome and Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to ensure their safety.
The first victim was identified as Florence Mukira, 22 who was shot as she transported a sack of maize she had harvested on July 24 night.
According to Nicholas Mugambi one of the family members who escaped unhurt, the assailants attacked them as they harvested some crops from their farm.
He told police they were at their farm harvesting maize when he heard gunshots forcing him to scamper for safety.
He came back and the woman who is his wife lying in a pool of blood after being shot in the back with the bullet exiting through the right side of the chest.
She was rushed to Mutuati sub-county hospital for treatment where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police arrived at the scene of the shooting minutes later and recovered one spent cartridge.
The team also recovered a motorcycle and sack of maize the woman planned to use in transporting her harvest.
The officers said they patrolled the area to nearby Luthaya hills, where two lifeless bodies of two men were found lying with gunshot wounds.
The two according to police were later identified as those of Stanley Kalunge, 38 from the Tira area and Stanley Kiboi, 40 from Atutuine village.
Another spent cartridge was also recovered at the scene.
The bodies were taken to Nyambene sub-county hospital mortuary awaiting a postmortem examination.
Locals said it was the sixth time such a shooting happens in the area and they suspect cattle rustlers to be behind the trend.
