Police in Kitengela are investigating a case where a woman who on Monday evening severed her two-year child with teeth to death.
Before the child could be saved by her neighbour at Nyika estate, in Kitengela town, the woman had already eaten half of her dead child.
A witness told the Star late evening that the woman grabbed the child who was playing with others and walked into her house before they heard the child screaming.
Moments later, the woman was seen with bloody teeth and clothes. Her neighbours immediately called the police.
Outgoing Kitengela OCS David Shani confirmed the case and said the woman had already been arrested and is in police custody.
“The remaining parts of her child are at the Kitengela sub-county hospital mortuary. The case is being handled by the DCI,” Shani said.
This happened only two days after a man killed his lover at an eatery in Kitengela town.
