Police are investigating an incident in which the decomposing body of a scrap metal dealer was found in his yard long after he had gone missing in Tononoka, Mombasa.
The body was found stashed in a sack in the yard the deceased owned, police said.
A group that was scavenging and loading scrap metal products onto a lorry noticed a foul smell from a sack they had carried.
This prompted them to open the same when they realized it had a human body.
Police were called to the scene and identified the victim as Kilo Moke, 60 who is the owner of the scrap metal shop.
It is believed he was killed elsewhere and the body was transported to the site.
This is after the group collecting the scrap metal reported the cargo had been brought to the scene for collection.
The motive of the murder and those behind the same are yet to be known, police said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and probe.
Meanwhile, a man was stoned to death after he was found stealing solar panels in Mavueni, Kilifi County.
The body moved to Kilifi County Referral Hospital for identification and postmortem examination.
Police said they are investigating the incident and had opened a murder probe.
In Kiguone area, Nakuru County a suspect was lynched as he tried to steal avocado from a plantation.
The suspect is said to have entered a private farm and started to harvest avocados.
This prompted a guard there to raise an alarm, which attracted a mob.
The mob stoned the man to death before police arrived at the scene.
Police said ten pieces of avocado were recovered from the victim. A hunt on the suspects behind the attack is ongoing, police said.
Authorities discourage mob lynching and want suspects be surrendered for processing and possible prosecution.
This is because most suspects are framed by mobs and lynched.
Cases of mob lynching have been on the rise in various parts of the country amid calls on authorities to conduct civic education on the issue.
