Man detained after taking dead, stabbed wife to hospital in Kasarani

A man was arrested after he took his dead wife to the hospital with stab wounds in the Kasarani area, Nairobi, seeking medical attention.

Ruth Wangare was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital in Githurai on Sunday, June 29, at night.

According to the police, the deceased had a stab wound in the left upper side of the stomach.

 Police said they were called to the hospital and later accompanied the man to his house, where a kitchen knife with a pink handle was recovered.

The knife is believed to be the murder weapon, police said.

The man was detained pending investigations and autopsy on the body, which was moved to the mortuary.

Police said the man had yet to open up on what transpired to lead to the death of the woman and that they are investigating murder.

Meanwhile, a man taken to Ololulunga sub-county hospital in Narok while unconscious after a domestic fight in their house succumbed to injuries.

Police said Timothy Karori Wanjahi, 30, was brought to the hospital by his former girlfriend.

He is said to have gone to her house in the area before a fight broke out between the two.

Neighbours told police they heard the two quarrelling and fighting.

It was then that the man was stabbed in the back and hands.

The woman later tried to help him by rushing him to the local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The body has two stab wounds on the back of the head and the left arm.

The lady was arrested and placed in custody to assist with investigations.

The body was moved to Narok County Referral Hospital mortuary for preservation, awaiting autopsy.

Police said they are investigating murder after the woman claimed the deceased had arrived at her house while bleeding and injured.

Murder cases linked to domestic quarrels have been on the rise amid calls for sobriety to solve such disagreements amicably.

Police say up to eight murder cases are reported on a daily basis, which they term alarming.

Most of the cases remain unsolved.