Four officers attached to the probation department in Nyamira county are nursing injuries after they were attacked by villagers.
The officers were in the village to seek pre-bail report for three murder suspects in Omosasa village West Mugirango, Nyamira County.
However, a mob descended on the officers, clobbered them and went ahead to torch the government vehicle that they were using.
Elijah Monde and Moses Macharia were admitted that the Nyamira County Referal Hospital with serious injuries, while the other two Sophy Ichunge and Divinah Isoe were treated and discharged.
Monda, the Nyamira Sub County Probation Officer said they had been directed by Nyamira High Court judge Esther Maina to prepare a pre-bail report for three murder suspects in a case over the killing of a teacher two weeks ago.
“We were just about to be lynched when police officers came to our rescue,” stated Monda.
Some of the detectives who rescued the officers from the irate mob sustained minor injuries during the scuffle.
The police had to lob tear gas at the charged mob and fire shots in the air in a bid to disperse the crowd.
Despite dispersing, the mob continued to pelt the police and the probation officers with stones.
The regional probation office boss Johnstone Koech condemned the incident and called on the police to track those who attacked the officers and arrest them.
"My officers had explained their mission. Why would they be attacked when on official duty? The criminals even went ahead to burn a government vehicle," disclosed Koech.
The villagers, on the other hand, maintained that the officers failed to produce their job identification cards raising suspicion that they were out to obstruct justice.
"They wanted the family of the murder victim to sign papers to have the three murder suspects released. We can not allow this, a court case can not be solved in someones home,” asserted one of the neighbors.
The officers had visited the home of Evans Ayana, the teacher who was allegedly killed by three government drivers.