Atleast 10 armed men are in police radar while key suspect arrested in Nyamira yesterday.
The suspects on 23rd October staged a siege of a homestead in Keroka’s Kierira village for 7 hours violently robbing ,gang- raping and gang- defiling scores.
Among the stolen goods were assorted mobile phones,over ksh 130,000 in cash and hundreds of thousands withdrawn from ATM banks.
However,more than 13 victims were found within the homestead.
In the report booked at Keroka Police Station in Masaba North,Nyamira County afemale nominated MCA,a principal at a local high school,a CEC in Nyamira county,a Kenya Prisons officer and a nurse at Nyamira fell victim.
Other victims included a 80 year- old woman,a college and a high school student.
After victimizing them with beatings and death threats,members of the gang who were armed forced themselves into three women in turns before escaping with their loot after 7 hours of inflicting untold terror and trauma on the hostages.
Directorate of criminal investigation states that the incident happened from 9 pm to 4 am on the fateful night.
Upon receiving the information the security agencies launch an investigation on October 24.
The victims were attended in various hospitals in the county and samples taken from the sexually abused victims.
Morever,Backed up by crime research detectives and the crime scene support teams who processed the scene for crucial leads-
placed a suspected ring leader at the scene before tracking him down in Kondele, Kisumu County.
The suspect, Joseph Otieno Kevuva was escorted to Nyamira County HQS where an identification parade was conducted.
The victims positively identified him before detectives made application to detain him for interrogation.
Further investigations are ongoing to bring the entire gang to book.
