A suspect who tried to snatch a mobile phone from a pedestrian along Rhapta Road in Westlands, Nairobi was stoned to death.
The suspect was riding on a motorcycle with a rider and had stopped along the road and tried to snatch the gadget when an alarm was raised.
This attracted the attention of other pedestrians and bodaboda riders on the road who joined the chase as he tried to escape the scene.
Police said he was chased and cornered a few meters away.
He was stoned to death.
Police said they arrived at the scene minutes later and found the lifeless body of the man lying there.
Police discourage mob lynching and term it criminal.
They want suspects caught to be surrendered to authorities for processing.
Police say there has been a rise in cases where thugs on motorcycles attack and rob pedestrians of motorists.
This has prompted an operation targeting the group, which saw a number of suspects nabbed.
Elsewhere, a suspect who tried to steal from a church was beaten up before he was rescued by police.
The incident happened on April 2 at the Rescue Source Church in Athi River, Machakos County.
A caretaker at the church said he heard a commotion and immediately lights went off.
He raised an alarm and members of the public responded and cornered a suspect and subjected him to mob injustice.
This prompted police to rush to the scene and rescue the suspect to the hospital.
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