The officers and the driver suffered head and hand injuries when they were attacked by angry mob in Nyangati village on Monday. Trouble started when a miraa vehicle which was heading to Nairobi from Meru hit and killed a bodaboda rider. DRIVER SAVEDMr Chebet noted that were it not for the quick intervention by the two officers, the miraa driver would have been killed. The incident comes barely three days after another one in which residents attempted to lynch a miraa car driver in Difathas town. Police had to disperse the crowd to the rescue the driver whose vehicle had hit and seriously injured a bodaboda rider.

Source: Daily Nation July 13, 2020 13:52 UTC