Detectives are
investigating the murder of a man whose body was found dumped on the railway
line in Kahawa West area, Nairobi.
The body was found
on Sunday afternoon, long after he had been murdered.
According to the
police, the body seemed to have been delivered and dumped at the site after being murdered elsewhere.
Police said the body
had visible injuries when it was discovered. The scene was undisturbed then, indicating it was secondary.
The body was moved
to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
Meanwhile, a man was arrested
after he stabbed and killed a woman within Uhuru market, Jogoo Road, Nairobi.
The assailant had come to a
knitting shop and requested to talk to one of the female staff members there.
The victim, identified as Felister
Katua declined to talk to him.
Witnesses said the assailant
walked out, and after a short while, he came back walked straight to where the
deceased was and stabbed her in the left side of the chest.
He tried to escape the scene
but members of the public cornered the suspect and started to beat him up.
Police on patrol responded to the
scene and saved him from the mob.
A kitchen knife with bloodstains
was recovered at the scene. The body was moved to the mortuary pending
investigations and autopsy.
The motive of the incident is
yet to be known.
Elsewhere in Kibiku,
Kabete, Kiambu County, a man died after being assaulted in a confrontation.
Police said Peter
Mungai Karori succumbed to his injuries on Sunday at the Kenyatta National
Hospital while undergoing treatment.
The accused assailant
was arrested and arraigned in court on where he was charged with an offense of
assault causing bodily harm.
Police now plan to
charge him with murder.
In Kericho’s Belgut
area, a woman aged 35 died in the hospital after allegedly being battered by her husband in
their house.
Police said Nancy
Awuor succumbed to her injuries in Soin-Sigwer hospital, where she had been
rushed to after an assault in a domestic quarrel.
Police said the
assailant is yet to be found and arrested for questioning and possible
arraignment.
Detectives are hunting for the suspect.
