Violence erupted Sunday evening in Kenya’s Homa Bay Town has left two people dead and 46 others injured, according to hospital accounts released on Tuesday.
Several vehicles were set ablaze and businesses were damaged during the violence which broke out during what is called the “Linda Mwananchi rally”.
According to a report from Homa-Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital, the deceased is a Ugandan female who was run over by a vehicle during the rally and died while receiving treatment at the county referral hospital.
The hospital revealed that seven of the wounded people are in critical condition, while four sustained gunshot wounds when they were attacked by armed goons.
Most of the victims sustained deep cuts on various parts of the body after they were attacked during the Homa Bay Town rally.
Apart from the injuries and death, there was a trail of destruction of property and vehicles in Homa Bay Town during the rally.
Six vehicles were torched by armed goons who barricaded Homa Bay -Mbita road from Lala area to Junction Kodoyo to prevent Linda Mwananchi from accessing Homa Bay Town.
The torched vehicles were towed to Homa Bay police station pending investigation.
The armed goons also invaded the headquarters of the Seventh Day Adventist church, SDA Lake Victoria Field, in Lala village along Homa Bay-Mbita road, where they damaged the building and vehicles at the parking lot.
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