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Two Bobaboda Phone Snatchers were today burnt in Buruburu by an angry Mob.
The two had allegedly snatched a phone from a pedestrian along the busy Jogoo Road.
According to their fellow riders, the culprits snatched a phone from a man who was walking before they took off.
Those who witnessed the incident gave them a chase and caught them at the junction of Rabai and Mumia Roads in Buruburu Estate.
Re riders were then joined by an iritated mob who immediately set the duo on fire at the middle of the road .
The Bodaboda operators accused the phone snatching ring for spoiling their name.
Police arrived at the incident late and couldn’t save the duo.
The angry residents vowed never to report such incidences to police officers urging that it has become a nuisance.
Nairobi police boss, Augustine Nthumbi, however, condemned the act and asked Kenyans not to take law into their own hands.
“As much as these cases have become too much and annoying, I wouldn’t advise anyone to engage in such violent activities. We have police officers, and they are the ones who should implement the law,” Nthumbi, told Taarifa News.
The lynching of the two comes at a time when the country has experienced a spike in phone snatching cases, with the criminals going to the extent of grabbing phones from police officers.