A 70-year-old man was killed by his son in a
confrontation over food in Emalindi, Kakamega.
The son was also confronted by an angry mob that lynched him in the Tuesday incident, police said
Police said Milton Abednego, 70, had a confrontation with his 39-year-old son over a bunch of Sukuma Wiki he had plucked from a nearby land, leading to the fatal hit.
The son is said to have gone to a nearby piece of land and plucked a bunch of Sukuma Wiki, which the old man had planted.
This angered him, and he confronted the son, who retaliated by hitting him with a panga on the head.
He bled to death, police said.
The son escaped
the scene but was tracked down by an angry mob that caught up with him.
The mob stoned
him to death, police said.
The panga that
was used in the attack was recovered, police said as they moved the bodies to the
mortuary pending autopsy.
Police discourage
mob lynching and want suspects to be surrendered to authorities for processing.
Elsewhere, a 13-year-old
boy was murdered and his body dumped on the roadside in Tumoyot village, Narok.
Police said the body was discovered on Tuesday, August 5, long after the boy had been killed.
The
police suspect the boy was killed elsewhere and the body was dumped at the scene.
The body had strangling marks on his neck.
The motive is yet to be established, police said on
Wednesday.
Police said a
suspect who was last seen with the victim was arrested for grilling.
The body was
moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
In Dede, Awendo, Migori County, one Kevin Okinyi
was killed by his uncle in a family dispute.
The assailant
said he was defending himself after the deceased attacked him and his family
while armed with a panga.
They sustained
serious wounds on their heads in the drama.
The assailant
and his wife overpowered the assailant and stabbed him in the abdomen, killing
him.
The couple was
rushed to the hospital, where they are nursing serous wounds, police said.
The police
added that the parties had fought over a piece of land in the area. The body was
moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
And a woman
aged 80 collapsed and died as she carried a heap of firewood she had collected
from a thicket in Kithini village, Mukaa, Makueni County.
The body of
Mwelu Kyele was found on Tuesday, August 5 found lying on the river bed of Yobuni dry
river long after she had collapsed and died.
The deceased
had collapsed on her way home after fetching firewood from a nearby thicket,
police said, adding the body did not have any visible injuries then.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Police said they are waiting for the couple to recover from the injuries for grilling and further processing.
