- It was until the following day that the children walked to the police station to narrate what had transpired leading to the tragedy.
- Police visited the scene and arrested the man for further grilling and possible manslaughter charges.
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A domestic quarrel between a husband and wife turned tragic when the man allegedly hit the woman against a table killing her at their house in Langata, Nairobi.
Magdaline Katinda, 37 died after she bled and fell on the floor in the house as her two children watched.
The children aged 13 and eight told police the deceased had arrived home late Tuesday before a quarrel broke out between her and the father.
The suspect Constatine Wambua then grabbed her head and banged it against a table causing her fatal injuries.
The children said their father tried to apply first aid to the deceased in vain.
He even rushed her to Mbagathi Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
It was until the following day that the children walked to the police station to narrate what had transpired leading to the tragedy.
Police visited the scene and arrested the man for further grilling and possible manslaughter charges.
Meanwhile, police are investigating an incident in which a plant operator at the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company was found dead in his house in Njiru.
The body of Daniel Orek, 47 was found in his rental house Wednesday long after he had died. The cause of the death is yet to be known.
This comes in the wake of the hunt for a suspect who attacked a 51-year-old man and killed him on the spot, over an argument about supplying water at an Eastleigh apartment.
The suspect only identified as Issa went into hiding immediately after killing Abdifatah Hassan Barre using a Somali sword.
According to the deceased’s son Mohamud Abdifatah Hassan, his father had been asked by a client to supply water using his water bowser, at an establishment near Almin Hospital in Eastleigh.
But upon arrival, father and son were confronted by a group of business rivals who claimed that the duo had invaded their water vending ‘territory.’
A bitter exchange of words ensued before the suspect reached for a Somali sword and in one powerful thrust, struck the deceased on the left side of his chest killing him instantly.
The suspect then fled the scene to an unknown destination.
Efforts to save the man’s life by rushing him to nearby Almin Hospital were fruitless, as he was confirmed to have succumbed to the injury.
Detectives are following crucial leads on the whereabouts of the suspect and make him answer for his crimes.