A middle-aged woman was clobbered to death in a robbery mission that went bad in Athi River, Machakos County.
Her rider is
fighting for his life in the hospital after the Sunday night incident, police said.
The woman who runs a milk shop in the
town was identified as Catherine Martin and was on Sunday night on a motorcycle
headed to her house when she and the rider were attacked.
She was hit in the head by a crude
weapon, which led to her death instantly.
The rider was also found unconscious
and rushed to the hospital, where he is admitted in serious condition, police said.
The attackers stole an unknown amount
from the victims as they escaped from the scene.
The body was moved to the mortuary
pending an autopsy and investigations, the police said.
Elsewhere, detectives are investigating the murder of a tout whose body was found on the roadside in
Kolwa, Migosi, Kisumu County.
The man is
believed to have been killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the scene, police
said.
The man’s
pockets had coins amounting to Sh200 when the body was discovered on Saturday
night.
The body had
multiple deep cuts on the right hand and a slit throat. There was no struggle at
the scene where the body was found, police said as they moved the body to the
mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
The motive of
the murder is yet to be known, police said.
Meanwhile, police are investigating murder and arson in a fire incident that killed an elderly woman in a village in Kendubay, Homabay County.
The body of Leonida Achieng, who lived alone in a
house that caught fire, was found on her bed after she had died on Sunday, August
24 night.
Police suspect the house was set on fire to kill her because she was bedridden.
The body was moved to the mortuary
pending an autopsy and investigations.
In Nzoia, Bungoma
County, a body was found in a drainage after a suspected murder.
Police said the body of Flora Nafula, 64, was found in the drainage with a deep cut on the back of her head, which was suspected to have been inflicted by a sharp object.
The body
was half-naked when it was found on Sunday, police said.
A witness said the woman was going to fetch water when she was attacked and killed. It is also suspected that she was assaulted by the assailant.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and arrest of the assailant.
