{"id":61798,"date":"2024-07-05T08:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T08:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/4-youths-killed-in-a-chaotic-funeral-procession-marred-with-phone-snatching\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T08:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T08:03:07","slug":"4-youths-killed-in-a-chaotic-funeral-procession-marred-with-phone-snatching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/4-youths-killed-in-a-chaotic-funeral-procession-marred-with-phone-snatching\/","title":{"rendered":"4 youths killed in a chaotic funeral procession marred with phone snatching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISUMU, Kenya, Jul 5 \u2014 Four youths died Thursday evening with at least five others sustaining serious injuries following a chaotic funeral procession that lest a trail of criminal activities in Kisumu\u2019s Seme location. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The boda boda-led procession escorting the body of a colleague killed during a clash between rival groups in Kisumu\u2019s Kibuye Market earlier in the week, was accused of harassing traders and stanching mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Apondi, a local administrator in charge of South Central Seme,  said twenty motorbikes formed the convoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the way from Kit Mikayi, Kombewa along Kisian Bondo road, these youths were terrorizing locals found on the way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief said locals mobilised a response and pursued the convoy leading to a clash at a nearby Riat Market. <\/p>\n<p>The ensuing chaos saw several people stabbed, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Apondi said the locals subdued the riders with the clash leaving four youths dead.<\/p>\n<p>Irate locals also torched two motorcycles that formed part of the convoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice managed to arrive at the scene in time and rescued the majority of the youths who had been cornered,\u201d Apondi said.<\/p>\n<p>The police rounded up several suspects and locked them up at Kombewa Police Station, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Those injured in the melee were taken to Kombewa Sub-County Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Police booked the five bodies at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital Mortuary in Kisumu for postmortem examinations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Kenya, Jul 5 \u2014 Four youths died Thursday evening with at least five others sustaining serious injuries following a chaotic funeral procession that lest a trail of criminal activities in Kisumu\u2019s Seme location. The boda boda-led procession escorting the body of a colleague killed during a clash between rival groups in Kisumu\u2019s Kibuye Market [&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-61798","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\/61798","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=61798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}