Detectives in Kieni East, Nyeri county have launched a manhunt for two suspected thugs who attacked a woman who was on her way to a Church fellowship.
The suspects, who were on a motorbike, accosted the 46-year-old woman who had parked her vehicle by the roadside along the Chaka-State lodge road, waiting for her pastor.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the woman said she was on her way to a Christian fellowship mission at a house belonging to a member of their church when the two struck, wielding metallic bars.
“The badly shaken woman narrated she was on her way to a Christian fellowship mission at a house belonging to a member of their church when the duo struck, wielding metallic bars,” DCI said
While threatening to slit her throat open if she dared to raise alarm, the thugs ransacked her vehicle for valuables before taking off with her mobile phones and handbag towards Chaka market.
The area Chief George King’ori, reported the incident at Chaka Police post today at 8am, before leading police officers to the scene of the incident.
Detectives based at DCI Kieni East have since launched a manhunt for the thugs believed to be responsible for the increase in robberies between Chaka and Naro Moru towns.