A 34-year-old man was slashed to death in a love triangle saga in Gaitu, Imenti, Meru County.
Police said one Gilbert Muriuki was attacked in a house by a man who allegedly found him with his wife.
The owner of the house, a security guard, had pretended to go to work and laid a trap for Muriuki, who sneaked to his house.
The assailant confronted him with a panga, fatally wounding him, police said.
He escaped from
the scene and fell a few meters from the house where he died.
The assailant
escaped the scene, police said, adding they recovered the killer's weapon.
The body was
moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Efforts to
arrest the suspect are ongoing, police said.
The woman at
the centre of the Saturday night incident was questioned as part of the probe
into the incident.
Elsewhere, a 66-year-old man was found dead near his house in Ndakaini, Muranga
County.
Police believe
John Macharia was killed and his body abandoned on a pathway in the Kigoro-Njunu area on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
The motive of
the murder is yet to be established.
His wife and
daughter were detained by police for questioning. The body was moved to the
mortuary pending an autopsy, police said.
Meanwhile, a
woman who had been missing for two weeks was found dead and buried in a shallow
grave in Kegonga, Kuria, Migori County.
Susan Matinde
Nyansiri, 50 had been missing since August 13 until August 31, 2025, when her
decomposed body was found buried in the shallow grave in the homestead of her
boyfriend at Remanyangi village.
The motive of the murder was not immediately established.
The body was removed and taken to a
local mortuary pending an autopsy and investigation.
The hunt for the suspected assailant is ongoing, police said.
