{"id":118801,"date":"2025-07-25T19:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/3-arrested-for-robbing-mourners-in-kisumu\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T19:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:05:16","slug":"3-arrested-for-robbing-mourners-in-kisumu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/3-arrested-for-robbing-mourners-in-kisumu\/","title":{"rendered":"3 arrested for robbing mourners in Kisumu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 25 \u2013 Police in Kisumu have apprehended three suspects believed to be behind a brazen robbery targeting mourners at a funeral gathering in Daraja Mbili, Manyatta B area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Police Service (NPS) said Friday that the robbery occurred at the homestead of the late Susan Achieng\u2019 Otieno, where mourners had gathered to pay their final respects.<\/p>\n<p>According to police reports, the armed suspects stormed the premises and began robbing those in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>A distress call made by one of the mourners prompted a rapid response from officers on foot patrol from Kasagam Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>With support from members of the public, the officers managed to apprehend the suspects on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the assistance of the community, three suspects were arrested, while their accomplices fled,\u201d the NPS said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, police recovered a motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspects during the robbery.<\/p>\n<p>The NPS lauded the swift action by the officers and the cooperation of the community, describing it as a commendable act of vigilance.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are now appealing to the public to volunteer any information that could lead to the arrest of the remaining suspects.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 25 \u2013 Police in Kisumu have apprehended three suspects believed to be behind a brazen robbery targeting mourners at a funeral gathering in Daraja Mbili, Manyatta B area. The National Police Service (NPS) said Friday that the robbery occurred at the homestead of the late Susan Achieng\u2019 Otieno, where mourners had gathered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}