Residents of Litein in Kericho County have taken a swipe at police officers blaming them of laxity following harrowing incident where a woman was killed by thugs during the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

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Thugs stormed the family home of a prominent businessman and killed his wife while gang-raping her three daughters and their house help.

Residents responded to distress calls andd rushed the victims to Litein Mission Hospital.

The residents questioned police capacity to offer security after a similar incident in which a teacher and his wife were also brutally murdered in the area.

“People are being murdered and police are doing little to help us. We want answers,” said a resident.

Bureti OCPD Ali Abdulahi said police are combing the area for suspects as they continue with investigations.Tension is high at the town as residents blocked police from moving the body of the murdered woman to the mortuary.#hivisasaoriginal