Suspected motorbike thief stoned, set on fire by boda boda operators

Residents crowd the scene where a suspected thief was stoned before police arrived and rescued him from burning. The police had thought he was dead before he made some movements. Tuesday April 13. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]

Boda boda operators have stoned a suspected motorbike thief and set his body ablaze outside Huduma Centre in Embu town.

Police officers who rushed to the scene thought the suspect had died and were in the process of picking "the body" to take to mortuary when he made some movements.