The child’s neck was slit and her mutilated body lay in a pool of blood under a mango tree.
According to Mwiru Location Chief Purity Mugambi, the body had parts missing.
“Her eyes were gouged out and her body was severely mutilated,” said Ms Mugambi.
Mwenda, the second victim, had been sent by his mother to fetch water from a nearby stream when he was stabbed to death.
His mother, Varsity Karimi, said her three other children who were at the river with Mwenda, narrowly escaped death when they fled from the suspect.
The three later named the suspect, who was their cousin, leading to his lynching.
