Two brothers arrested for burning their younger sibling to death
The main entrance to the Mandera County Referral Hospital.
Two brothers are in police custody on accusation of burning their sibling to death.
The 14-year-old boy succumbed to burn injuries on Wednesday at the Mandera Referral Hospital.
Police said the boy was lured to their house by his elder brothers, doused in petrol and set on fire because he allegedly was a witness of a mobile phone theft incident.
A Mandera court on Wednesday allowed police to hold the suspects for 14 days to conclude investigations.
Mr Johnes Nyangige, the investigating officer, told the court that the suspects were safer in custody since the community was baying for their blood.
“The respondents’ lives are in danger since the community is angry with them. We need time to carry out an post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death of the victim,” he said.
The two will undergo mental tests before they are charged with murder.
