An elderly man was hacked to death at Mwenge village in Ganze sub-county on suspicion that he was engaging in witchcraft.
The assailants are said to have attacked and brutally killed Mr Baraza Kitsao,57, while in his compound on Thursday evening.
Ganze Deputy County Commissioner, Mr Patrick Meso, said the deceased sustained deep cuts on the forehead and left shoulder while the fingers were chopped off.
Police investigations indicate that the deceased had been accused of witchcraft in the neighbourhood after mysterious deaths occurred. ''The deceased's second wife said that the deceased took supper and went to bed, but at around 8:20 pm, while she was in one of the bedrooms, taking her supper, she heard two people entering their house and demanding to know where their cows were," said Meso.
