A police inspector was on Wednesday stoned to death by a group of rowdy residents in Rarieda, Siaya County.
The officer who was in the company of his colleagues was overseeing an operation clamping down on the sale of illicit liquor.
Upon arriving at the scene, the police officers hesitantly arrested the suspect who was allegedly participating in the illegal trade in Ndori Village. During the arrest, the officers recovered several sachets of ethanol.
Immediately after being arrested, the suspect began resisting, inviting the attention of a rowdy group of youth who began attacking the officers.
A contingent of General Service Unit (GSU) Police officers walking by the roadside
The youths then began pelting stones at the officers mainly targeting the police inspector leading the crackdown.
The police inspector fired into the air five times in an attempt to disperse the angry youths, but his efforts did not have the desired result as the crowd persisted eventually overpowering the officers.
After outwitting the officers, the crowd went ahead to stone the inspector to death, leaving his colleagues with critical injuries.
Meanwhile, the Ceska pistol used by the deceased in the failed mission is yet to be recovered.
Police have since launched a probe into the matter in a bid to bring to book the perpetrators and recover the stolen gun.
In a similar incident in December last year, a mob attacked a Kenya Defence Forces officer and hit him with blunt objects, leading to his death.
The deceased had gone to rescue minors from undergoing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Marakwet.
The mob after killing the officer, went ahead and burnt his body in Maron before fleeing with his gun loaded with 40 rounds of ammunition.
Kenyan troops disembark from a military vehicle at the Kenya-Somalia border in October 2011.
By Kenyans.co.ke