A gambler who killed two people after losing Sh30,000 was on Monday lynched in Nairobi.
John
Barnabas Mchanga was stoned to death by an irate public after he
stabbed the two people to death at City View Bar in Eastleigh, Nairobi
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Police
said Mr Mchanga went to the manager's office and found one Mr Winfred
Mbuvi, 40, and demanded a free play, but she turned him down.
He used a Somali sword to stab her several times, killing her.
A security guard, Mr James Lutea, tried to rescue her but was also fatally stabbed.
The
Tanzanian gambler also stabbed another guard, Mr Kevin Ogada, who was
being treated in a hospital and was listed in a serious condition.
The incident happened shortly after midnight.
Police
officers from the Starehe Police Station, including OCPD Alice Kimeli
and head of criminal investigations Kiberenge Seroney, visited the scene
in the early morning and interrogated staff.
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