Motorbike rider in HomaBay identifies perpetrators of his night ordeal as he recovers in hospital.

By Wanga Maureen

This motorbike model dubbed 'Chopper' is the most targeted

It was on Sunday morning of 10^th November 2013 at around 9.00 pm -10.00 pm when two suspects both  male and a female aged 30 and 25 years respectively boarded a motorbike in HomaBay in what turned out to be a trick to lure the rider into their trap. After miles of travel in the dark, the rider was brutally pierced with a sharp object from the back when he stopped for the customers to alight.

The pierced victim went onto an instant comma which left the criminal assuming he was actually dead.  They then made away with his motorbike. Luckily enough, a Good Samaritan was able to notice the body of the wounded gentleman before seeking for assistance to rush him to the nearest hospital.   

On the following day, his colleagues visited him at the hospital to get a direct knowledge of what had happened to him from where he narrated his entire ordeal. It is said to have been unfortunate that the offenders were people who were well known by the victim and he was able to identify them clearly.

The angry riders later left HomaBay district hospital with the zeal to bring down the offenders of whom they well knew. They later raided the home of the couples finding the two in unawares.

On seeing the danger before them, the man tried to take on his heels but not this time round. The mob caught with him landing a number crude weapon upon his helpless body. The man is later on said to have died on the way to the hospital after rescue by police.

On the other side, the mob was perplexed to learn that such a young lady could be part of such a mess. She too was brutally beaten and totally stripped before the in public. The onlookers said the scene was worse as the mob raped her in public by the use of crude materials like wood and bottles.

Just as the mob was getting ready to sling her did the police come in. The battle here wasn’t a simple one between the two rivals to the extent at one time they had to use force to disperse the angry mob before rescuing the lady with them.

The residents here claim that the security condition in this town has really deteriorated in the past six months but no serious step has been placed in consideration and that is why the residents seem to be taking law in their own hands.