A man was arrested over the murder of his girlfriend in their house in Githurai 44 area, Nairobi.
The suspect allegedly took the
deceased woman to a hospital in the area where she was declared dead while
undergoing treatment following the Tuesday, May 27 incident.
Police said the body of
Josephine Wanjala had an injury on the head.
A hammer and iron bar
believed to have been used in the murder were recovered in the house, police
said.
Nairobi police commander
George Sedah said the suspect had rushed the woman to a hospital, saying she was
injured in an altercation in the house.
She died while being
attended to, and police were called to the facility.
Police said blood was
oozing from her nose and ears.
The suspect later led
police to the house where a pool of blood on the floor was found near the bed.
Police also recovered blood-stained bed and beddings.
An iron bar and a hammer that
had bloodstains were recovered at the scene.
The body was moved to the
City morgue pending autopsy, while the suspectwas detained pending further
processing.
Elsewhere, a man was killed in a fight over the control of a
water vending shed in Kariobangi, Nairobi.
Elvis Owino Oloo, 27, died from injuries inflicted in the clash
with a group over the shed.
Police said the assailant escaped the scene. Efforts to trace
the assailant are ongoing, police said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and
investigations.
In Yala, Siaya County, a teenage
girl was found dead after a suspected murder.
The incident happened in
Silula village within Bar-Sauri area.
The body of the
17-year-old girl who was a form three student at Yala Township Mixed Day was
found half stripped in school uniform on a footpath after the murder.
The girl had left for school on Monday before her body was discovered.
The assailant used a pair of socks to silence her.
The socks were found stuffed in her mouth, which was meant to stop her from
screaming for help.
She is believed to have been assaulted, police
said.
Police said the body had visible injuries on
the head caused by a blunt object. The motive of the murder is yet to be known.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending
autopsy and investigations.
