Police in Vihiga have launched a manhunt for two unknown men who assaulted and robbed two female college students before abandoning them in a forest.
According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the unfortunate incident occurred at Kamgoi village of Shaviringa within Hamisi Sub-county where the two students shared a room.
At the time of the incident, the two men who were armed with pangas and knives broke into the students’ room late at night, they then threatened to kill them should they raise alarm.
Shortly after, they snatched away their mobile phones before forcing them out of their house and leading them to a nearby forest. In the forest, the two men assaulted the two women before raping and abandoning them.
“In their 6 am report to police, the victims who shared a room at Kamgoi village of Shaviringa within Hamisi Sub-county were suddenly woken up by the two robbers who bore pangas and knives, threatening to kill them if they raised any alarm.
“The fear-stricken victims’ mobile phones were taken away before being forced out of the room to a nearby forest where they were assaulted, raped and abandoned,” the statement by DCI reads in parts.
The victims sought medical assistance at a nearby health facility as detectives *pledged to hunt down the suspects.
