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Police have launched investigations after a violent robbery at a coffee factory in Githunguri Sub-County, Kiambu County, left one security guard dead and another overpowered as attackers made away with coffee.
The incident was reported at around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday after one of the guards informed authorities that his colleague had been killed and coffee stolen from the premises.
According to investigators, about 15 men armed with crude weapons stormed the factory shortly after midnight.
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The gang allegedly restrained one watchman by tying his hands with his socks before attacking his colleague, 36-year-old Shadrach Ngetich, who sustained a deep head wound and another serious cut on his left leg.
The suspects then raided seven coffee drying beds and escaped with an unknown quantity of coffee. The value of the stolen produce had not been established by the time police filed their report.
The surviving guard was later freed by members of the public.
Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) officers documented the scene before Ngetich’s body was taken to Kigumo Level 4 Hospital mortuary, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted.
Detectives are pursuing those responsible and seeking to recover the stolen coffee. Authorities say similar attacks targeting coffee factories have become increasingly common in the region.
In a separate incident, police in Msambweni Sub-County, Kwale County, are investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was found in a bush near Diani.
The discovery was reported by a village elder on Wednesday after he found the body in bushes within Mvindeni Location.
Police said the body of the unidentified adult male had no visible external injuries. Investigators also found a makeshift shelter built with polythene sheets near where the body was discovered.
After documenting the scene, CSI officers moved the body to the Coast Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary as investigations continue to establish the man’s identity and the cause of death.
Meanwhile, police in Sotik, Bomet County, have opened a murder investigation after the body of a middle-aged man was found lying unresponsive at Bomet Stage on Wednesday morning.
The incident was reported at about 10:09 a.m. after members of the public alerted police.
Preliminary investigations revealed the victim had suffered a cut wound to the forehead, believed to have been inflicted with a blunt object, prompting detectives to treat the case as suspected murder.
The body was taken to Kapkatet Mortuary pending a post-mortem examination as police continue investigations to establish the circumstances surrounding the death and identify those involved.
