Police in Kenya say a man who had confessed to killing a dozen children and escaped from detention this week has been killed by a mob.
Area Assistant County Commissioner Cornelius Nyaribai confirmed the killing of Masten Wanjala on Thursday. The killing near his home in Bungoma county came a day after he escaped from police cells in Nairobi.
Police authorities said Wanjala was identified after he joined a football match and played with locals. Some then trailed him and beat him to death.Kenyan police's Directorate of Criminal Investigations said in a tweetAuthorities have said Wanjala had confessed to killing 12 children in Nairobi and Machakos and Bungoma counties when he was arrested in July. He reportedly posed as a football coach to lure victims.
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