Villagers in Igembe, Meru County are up in arms after gunmen raided the area and killed three people in an attack.
According to the police and locals, the first victim was identified as Florence Mukira, 22 who was shot as she transported a sack of maize she had harvested on July 24 night.
Her husband Nicholas Mugambi who escaped unhurt, the assailants attacked them as they harvested some crops from their farm.
He told police they were at their farm harvesting maize when he heard gunshots forcing him to scamper for safety.
When he came back he found his wife lying in a pool of blood after being shot in the back with the bullet exiting through the right side of the chest.
Police arrived at the scene of the shooting minutes later and recovered one spent cartridge.
The team also recovered a motorcycle and sack of maize the woman planned to use in transporting her harvest.
The officers said they patrolled the area to nearby Luthaya hills, where two lifeless bodies of two men were found lying with gunshot wounds.
The two according to police were later identified as those of Stanley Kalunge, 38 from Tira area and Stanley Kiboi, 40 from Atutuine village.
The bodies were taken to Nyambene sub-county hospital mortuary pending postmortem examination.
Locals said it was the sixth time such a shooting happens in the area and they suspect cattle rustlers to be behind the trend.
Mutuati police boss Joseph Chesire said they are investigating the incident.
He said no arrest had been made so far and that more personnel had been sent to the area to pursue the gang behind the incident.
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