Suspected thugs have murdered two watchmen in Kagundo, Machakos county.
The incident happened in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.
Kangundo sub-county police commander Edward Changach confirmed the two deaths and said they were separately killed by the same gang.
"This morning within Kangundo sub-county, we have woken up and found that we had two murder incidences within the sub-county," Changach told a local daily.
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According to the police boss, the first incident happened in the Kivaani market while the second one was at Katanga market.
The victims are believed to have been heading home.
"One occurred at Kivaani market whereby there was a watchman who was walking home at around midnight. He was waylaid by an unknown gang and was murdered," Changach said as quoted by a local daily.
The murder weapon in a form of a sharp object was found at one of the scenes.
"In early hours of the morning at around 5.00 am, the same gang within Katanga market waylaid another watchman who was from duty at Kangundo township and they hacked him with a sharp object. He died on the spot," Changach said.
Police have launched investigations to establish the motive behind the murder.
