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Kenyan mob beheads gang members
AFP ^ | October 27, 2009

Posted on 10/27/2009 7:28:59 PM PDT by george76

A mob in central Kenya has beheaded two suspected members of the Mungiki, a gang itself famous for decapitating its victims, police say.

The two young men were beheaded and had their fingers chopped off...

Twenty-one men who had been charged over the April violence were freed on Friday alongside former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga.

Once a pseudo-religious group of dreadlocked youths who worshipped spirits in Mount Kenya and embraced rituals such as female circumcision, the Mungiki has evolved into an extortionist gang notorious for beheading its victims.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigpondnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; beheading; kenya; odinga

1 posted on 10/27/2009 7:28:59 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

“The two young men were beheaded and had their fingers chopped off...”

I’m not sure, but I’m guessing that after being beheaded, having your fingers chopped off would be the least of your concerns...


2 posted on 10/27/2009 7:49:50 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: fidelis

Lose a few fingers and you won’t miss your head when it goes.


3 posted on 10/27/2009 8:08:01 PM PDT by tsomer
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To: george76

Fingers and heads cut off Kenyan mentality!! After the head the fingers drove the point home\s Do they have steel axes there or still with the Stone Knives?


4 posted on 10/27/2009 9:11:39 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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