A 31-year-old man was arrested in connection with the murder of his father in Mangelete village, Makueni County.
The suspect is
accused of killing his father and later hanging his body to stage a suicide.
This followed a
dispute over the felling of trees on the deceased’s piece of land.
The body of Peter Kailu Nzango, 76, was found strangled and hanging on a branch of a tree after the May 20 incident.
According to police, the deceased had a misunderstanding with his son over the cutting of trees within his homestead.
Witnesses told police the assailant hit the deceased before strangling him.
He then tied a rope around his neck and dragged the body to the nearby bush and hanged it on a low-hanging branch of a tree to stage a suicide.
Police said the body also had visible bruises on both legs.
The suspect was
later traced and arrested in the area as the body was moved to the mortuary
pending autopsy and other investigations.
In Isiolo, the body of a man was found outside the local stadium gate after a suspected murder.
The body had a physical stab
wound on his right side of the chest.
Police said the body was taken
to Isiolo County Referral Hospital Mortuary, awaiting proper identification and
postmortem examination.
In Gatanga, Muranga County, a
man aged 45 was hacked to death by his cousin in an altercation.
The body of Samuel Ndungu
Ndugua was found lying on the ground unconscious, with blood oozing from his
nose and ears.
The assailant claimed the
deceased had insulted him on several occasions.
The deceased was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The motive is due to a land
dispute, police said.
The assailant was later
arrested pending interrogation and possible prosecution.
In Masinga, Machakos County, a 31-year-old
man died after a tree he was cutting fell on him.
The incident happened in Ulaani
village.
Police visited the scene and
found the body of Joshua Ngayai crushed after the tree landed on him.
The body was moved to the local mortuary pending probe and autopsy.
