A middle-aged man has been severe injured following an attack by an unknown group of youth in Kaiani Sub Location, Kathiani Sub County.
The 11 attackers, armed with pangas, knives and rungus as said to have attacked the man leaving him with severe cuts on his head. The man was rushed to Kathiani Sub County Referral Hospital.
According to Machakos County Commander Gideon Amalla, the two families have been entangled in a dispute over land adding that a case had been filled at the court concerning the dispute. He urged the families involved in the dispute to wait for the ruling of the court.
The attackers tried to take the gun belonging to Machakos OCS but he overpowered them. The OCS however sustained several injuries from the attack.
Amalla confirmed that the 11 attackers were arrested and are being held at Machakos Police Station and they will be arraigned in court after police complete their investigation.