Detectives are investigating an incident where a woman stabbed to death her
eight-year-old son in the Dabel area, Moyale, Marsabit County.
The woman, aged 33, escaped the scene after the
September 16, 2025 evening incident.
Mystery surrounds the motive of the incident,
police said.
The child died at the Bakata Nursing Home, where
he had been rushed after the incident.
Police said they visited the hospital and found
the body of the boy lying on a bed with a stab wound to the chest.
He was a Grade Two pupil at the Dabel Junior
Academy in the area.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an
autopsy and investigations.
Police said they had intensified the search for
the woman to grill her and establish more about the murder.
Police officers manning major roadblocks in the
area were informed of the incident and instructed to be vigilant, stopping
vehicles for searches.
Elsewhere, police are investigating a murder
in which a man was shot and killed with an arrow in Ishiara, Mbeere, Embu
County.
The incident happened on September 16 along
the Kanyuambora-Kamumu road, police said.
Police said Simon Njiru was hawking assorted
goods in the area when he was confronted by a suspect and shot in the right
side of the chest.
The suspect then tried to remove the arrow in
vain as it had stuck in the body of the victim, police and witnesses said.
Police said the suspect escaped from the scene
to an unknown destination. The man died on the spot.
The motive of the attack was not immediately
established.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an
autopsy and investigations.
Police have intensified patrols in the area
with the aim of arresting the suspect for grilling.
Police said they are investigating a murder in
the incident.
And a man died in hospital after he was found
with injuries on the roadside in the Karai area, Kikuyu, Kiambu County.
Police said they are investigating a murder
after Samuel Mungai died in hospital following his assault on September 16.
The motive of the assault that turned fatal
was not immediately known, police said, as they launched a hunt for the
suspect. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigations.
