A woman accused of stealing a one-and-a-half-year-old infant has been lynched by an irate mob in Sindo, Homa Bay.
Jane Atieno was roughed up by angry residents who were baying for her blood after a child that was left in her custody went missing.
A report made at the office of Suba Central Deputy County Commissioner Beatrice Odira indicates that the missing child belongs to another woman who sells fried fish in Sindo town.
The said woman had gone to the late Atieno's house to buy firewood. Upon experiencing difficulties in carrying the firewood, the unnamed woman requested the deceased to watch over the bay as she dropped the firewood to her workstation.
