Two people killed, bodies found dumped on Mombasa-Malindi highway

Police in Malindi are on a mission to identify two men whose bodies were found dumped on opposite sides of the busy Mombasa-Malindi highway near Mida Creek on Saturday morning.

Witnesses say the two bodies were discovered in a thicket a few metres from the road. A pedestrian stumbled upon the bodies and alerted police officers from the Malindi Police Station, who processed the scene and moved the bodies to the Malindi Sub-County Hospital mortuary.

Residents of the quiet Mida Creek gathered at the Malindi Sub-County Hospital mortuary to try and identify the two men whose bodies were brought by police in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The bodies of two men were found by the roadside by pedestrians, and efforts to identify them have proved futile so far.

Cosmas Karisa, a Malindi resident, said: “Nimeskia hizi habari za hawa watu, wanaume wawili wamepatikana kule Mida moja kwa barabara upande huu na mwingine upande ule, wakiwa wamekufa.”

Coast Regional Coordinator for Vocal Africa, Walid Sketty, added: “Hawa hawajaweza kujulikana na tunaisiha jamii ikiwa ukona mtu wako amepotea ndani ya siku mbili-tatu fika Malindi Funeral Home uweze kuwatambua.”

One of the bodies appeared to have been blindfolded, and both men had visible injuries and blood stains on their heads. Police have scheduled an autopsy to establish the cause of death

Hussein Khalid, Executive Director, Vocal Africa said: “From the look of things it looks like these two were severely tortured and dumped by the roadside. It's very worrying to wake up and see dead bodies by the highway.”