A 12-year-old girl was
hacked to death at her home in a land dispute in Mulika, Meru County.
The body, which was in
school uniform, had a deep panga cut on the back of the head.
Also found dead in the
compound in the July 6 incident were a dead calf, pig, two goats, and a slashed
pawpaw tree.
Police said they found a
panga that was believed to have been used in the murder mission.
Police linked the murder
and destruction to a relative of the girl.
It is suspected that a
long land dispute led to the murder and rage at the home, the police said.
The body of the girl was
discovered by her elder sibling, who returned home to stumble on the horrifying
drama.
She was left devastated,
witnesses and police said.
The assailant had escaped
the scene, and efforts to trace him were ongoing, police said.
Police said the body was
moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Elsewhere, a woman was
found murdered in her house in a village in Magena, Kisii County.
The assailant is believed
to be the husband who escaped the scene on July 6.
Police said the body of
Faith Mokobi Mogoa, 31, was found in her house with injuries on the left side of
the head and bruises on the leg and face.
Police said the assailant
had sought ways to strangle the woman.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
In Kathangari area, Embu
County, a man identified as Richard Fundi Njeru, 36, was found dead in his house after he
had been stabbed by an unknown assailant in the left thigh.
Police said he succumbed
to excessive bleeding in his house he stayed alone.
The motive of the murder
is yet to be known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending
autopsy.
In Kakamega’s Kabras
area, one Yohana Shikanga, 68, was found dead about 700 metres from his house.
The body had visible
injuries on the head, suspected to have been inflicted by a blunt object.
The motive of the murder
is yet to be established, police said.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
In Belgut, Kericho county, a man identified as Henry Chepkwony, 57, was clobbered to death in an altercation.
He succumbed to the
injuries while in the hospital, police said.
The body was moved to the mortuary for autopsy as police arrested the suspected assailant for grilling and possible arraignment.
