The head of a 22-year-old university student was on Wednesday found hanged on a tree at Mau forest.

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The 22-year-old man was attacked and beheaded in a section of Mau forest in recent attacks at Mauche Njoro leading to tension in the area.

Those who were in his company said a group of 10 youths attacked them with arrows and beheaded the deceased.

Area leaders and security officers have been urging those who were involved in the heinous act to give the head and allow the family to bury their son.

On Wednesday officers at a police post in Njoro found a map at the facility directing them on where the head had been hanged.

The head was taken to Egerton University mortuary where the body was being preserved.