Richard Otieno: 3 additional suspects arrested for killing Molo activist

• Authorities have enhanced three more suspects on the murder of activist Richard Otieno, raising the total number of arrests to eight
• The suspects were linked to the crime site by forensic analysis, with two detainees in Tanzania and one in Kenya
• The arrests come against the background of continuous efforts to bring all the accomplices to justice, because the community continues to request responsibility and answers to the activist killed

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Molo, Nakuru – Authorities made another discovery in the investigation over Richard Otian’s crimeA prominent activist from Molo known as President Molo.

Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) announced on Monday, February 24, that three other suspects were arrested on the brutal killing on January 18, at Elburgon. This brings the total number of suspects to arrest at eight.

“A team of cracks of detectives extracted from the Bureau of Investigation for Homicide and the Bureau of Research and Information for Crime (Crib) ennobled three first -Suspecies related to the brutal crime of Richard Otieno Haga, the president of Alias ​​Molo, who a It took place on January 18 in Elburgon “,” DCI said in a post.

Who are the additional suspects arrested for killing Richard Otieno?

According to DCI, a deep forensic forensic analysis linked the suspect-peter Oketch, alias DJ IO, Joseph Kihara Kariki, Alias ​​Jose and Evans Aseka Okuturi-the place of the crime.

The Tanzania authorities played a role in capturing two of the suspects who fled to Majahida in the Bariadi district of Tanzania, in an attempt to evade arrest. The suspects returned to Kenya on February 21, where they were arrested with another accomplice that remained in the country.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the attackers were transported from Molo to Elburgon, especially to make the attack on Otian, a vocal and critical youth leader of local political figures.

The newly rendered suspects are scheduled to present themselves before the Court of the Chief Magistrate of Nakuru, on Monday, February 24, where the prosecutors will request custody orders to facilitate the additional investigations.

DCI said that it is dedicated to a thorough and transparent investigation, with continuous efforts to track additional accomplices.

DCI restricts Richard Otian’s killers

This last wave of arrests follows a previous operation on February 3, where Five suspects were detainedIncluding Geoffrey Ndungu (Alias ​​Movado), John Ndegwa (Alias ​​Ndech), Jorim Ngonga, Clinton Simantu (Alias ​​Muiru) and Peter Mwaniki (Alias ​​Pinchez).

Among them, Ndungu and Ndegwa were previously convicted of the aggression of Otian at the end of 2024 and were in probation at the time of his killing. Two supposed motorcycles used for the transport of the attackers have been confiscated and are subjected to medical -legal examination.

Otieno was attacked outside his house on January 18 and suffered fatal lesions at the head due to the trauma of sharp and blunt forceas confirmed by the government pathologist Johansen Oduor.

His death aroused Protests spread to molowith local residents and groups for human rights requesting justice for the activity.

Source: tuko.co.ke