Man lynched for defiling 7-year-old girl in Jua Kali

A man was yesterday lynched after he defiled a seven-year-old girl at Jua Kali, Imenti North.

The man allegedly tied the victim’s two companions and proceeded to defile the minor. Earlier, the suspected rapist and two other men had raped the victim’s mother.

Irate residents who lynched him near the Kathita River have appealed for enhanced security against rapists, as cases have become rampant.

Last Friday, in Magundu area, the body of a young girl who had gone missing since Monday was found in a coffee farm. She had been defiled and killed.

Yesterday, Imenti North MP Rahim Dawood said: “This is very worrying. We ask chiefs, police and residents to be very vigilant. These men on the loose must be stopped.”