Police officers in Saboti, Trans Nzoia County are looking for a suspected thief who lost his right-hand fingers when armed residents confronted him stealing maize.
The said thief was in the company of six other youths who were caught having already harvested maize on Peter Wanjala’s farm and ready to leave.
According to the farm owner Wanjala, they were alarmed by barking dogs.
“Some minutes past 3:00 am, we were woken up by barking dogs. When we entered the farm, there were seven people who were armed and had harvested maize ready to leave. We confronted them and we overpowered them. Later when our chief and security officers visited the scene, we discovered the three fingers,” Wanjala said.
The area chief, Protus Wechuli said they are yet to establish who the fingers belonged to.
The chief further urged villagers and medical facilities to be on the lookout for anyone with missing fingers.
“I received a distress call from one farmer who reported that seven people were stealing maize from his farm. I mobilized police officers and responded. When we arrived at the scene, we found three fingers”
“While we ask members of the public to volunteer any information they know; we are also asking all health facilities in Trans Nzoia to be on the lookout for any patient who presents himself without three fingers” Wechuli appealed.
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