A further two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Limerick priest in Kenya earlier this month.
68 year old Fr Jeremiah Roche, a member of the Kiltegan Fathers and a native of Athea in West Limerick, had been working as a missionary in Kenya since 1968. He was murdered by intruders at his home near Kericho on the 11th of December. His throat had been cut during the violent attack.
The latest arrests bring to five the number held in relation to the murder.
“We have managed to arrest two other suspects during our investigations and we are now holding five of them in custody”, a senior police chief told the Reuters news agency Christmas Eve.
The chief said charges may brought in the case as early as next Monday.
Fr. Roche was buried last Sunday in Holy Cross cemetery, Athea.
