Kenya: Murder Suspect's Home Torched As Locals Protest His Release

Police in Bomet on Thursday launched a manhunt for ring leaders of a group that torched four houses belonging to the family of a man suspected to have hacked his wife to death three weeks ago.

The suspect was set free by police after the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions failed to press charges against him, stating that the investigating officer had done a shoddy job.

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