A garbage collector was stabbed to death in an argument over money in the Kangemi area, Nairobi.
Police said Alex Chisambo,
30, was stabbed and killed by a fellow garbage collector following an argument at a site in the Waruku area.
The assailant escaped the
scene soon after the Sunday evening incident.
The deceased had an
injury in the left armpit after the attack. He was declared dead in a hospital
in the area.
Police visited the scene
and recovered the murder weapon and the suspect’s jacket, which had blood stains.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy, even as the hunt for the assailant goes on.
In Lodwar,
Turkana County, a man was arrested after a woman he was accused of assaulting
died in the hospital.
Police said
the deceased, identified as Marceline Ajiko, 36, succumbed to her injuries while
receiving treatment at a local hospital on Sunday evening.
Preliminary
investigations reveal that there was a domestic misunderstanding between the accused and the deceased, which led to the fight that happened in Kailoseget
village in Kanamkemer area.
The accused
husband was arrested pending investigations into murder, police said.
Elsewhere in Chuka forest
within Gachakoni village, Tharaka Nithi County, the body of a man was found
partially burnt.
Police said his left hand had been chopped off at the wrist, and his legs were tied together with a sisal
rope. Preliminary inquiries indicated that unknown suspected bodaboda riders attacked him on accusations of being a motorcycle thief.
The body was moved to
Chuka Referral Mortuary pending identification and postmortem.
Police discourage mob
lynching and term it criminal.
Cases of mob lynching
have been on the rise amid calls on the public not to kill suspects and instead
surrender them for processing.
Police report up to two cases daily, a worrying trend amid efforts to address the issue.
It has emerged that some of
those targeted are innocent people framed by the assailants for their gain.
Police have, in some instances, charged with murder those arrested over mob lynching.
