The body of Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed Mohamud who has been missing since last week has been found in Kirinyaga County, his family has announced.

Mohamud's body was found at Kerugoya level 5 Hospital on Saturday, the family lawyer Charles Madowo confirmed in a statement to the media on Saturday.

According to police reports, a physical examination on his body showed he was tortured before his death, he had two bullet wounds on his head and his body had machete cuts.

“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Bashir Mohamed Mohamud informs you that the body of Bashir was found earlier today at Kerugoya level 5 hospital,” read the statement.

In his statement, Madowo requested for privacy for the family as it makes burial plans, even as they appealed to the relevant authorities to get to the bottom of the mysterious murder.

“As the family processes this tragic news and plan for his burial, they request that they be afforded privacy. Even as Bashir rests, the family shall not rest until justice has been served and those responsible for his death brought to book,” the statement went on.

Shell of the Range Rover. PHOTO/COURTESY

Bashir went missing last week Thursday while leaving Miale restaurant in Lavington, Nairobi and the Range Rover he was last seen driving was later found burnt to a shell in a thicket in Kibiku forest in Ngong, Kajiado County before the shell also went missing.