It was all tears after a 73-year-old woman was bashed and slashed to death and her three granddaughters and housemaid raped in Kericho county.
According to Kericho County police boss James Mugera the four attackers used chisels and iron bars to kill the elderly woman.
He further added saying, “She was hit with blunt objects before her maid and the three grandchildren, aged between 11 and 29, were raped.”
Her husband and the maid were seriously injured by the gang that attacked them at their Bureti house before stealing Sh5,000 and a mobile phone before the murder and rapes.
The husband was hit with a blunt object. He was rushed to Litein Mission Hospital and is reported to be in stable condition.
Residents had insisted that the body would not be picked until forensic experts arrived and collected evidence that would lead to the arrest of the suspects.
Kapsoit MCA Paul Chirchir, and other leaders demanded the overhaul of the entire security team in Kericho.
Mugera, however, said police are following up “crucial leads that will lead to the arrest of the murderers” and urged the public to be patient.
The woman’s body was taken to Litein Mission Hospital mortuary.
A number of murders in Bureti and Kericho have occurred in the past and have not been solved solved.