MURDER PROBE

Three students to appear in court for Kabarak University student's murder

The three were arrested on Friday.

In Summary
  • Police also established that Sabuni may not have been killed at the site where his body was found on Friday morning.

  • The third-year student was found with stab wounds in the stomach along the Nakuru-Mogotio road near Kampi Ya Moto trading centre, police said.

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Three students are expected in court on Monday, January 29 in connection with the murder of a Kabarak University nursing student.

Detectives plan to make a miscellaneous application in court to detain the three as they investigate the murder of Derrick Malumasa Sabuni, 23.

The three were arrested on Friday evening following a probe by detectives at the scene where the body was found hours earlier. 

Police also established that Sabuni may not have been killed at the site where his body was found on Friday morning.

The third-year student was found with stab wounds in the stomach along the Nakuru-Mogotio road near Kampi Ya Moto trading centre, police said.

Detectives revisited the scene where the body was found and established that the deceased may have been stabbed somewhere else and the body transferred to the secondary scene.

This is because there was no blood stains at the scene, detectives who visited the scene said.

The team also visited a bar where the deceased was last seen.

The three suspects, all students at the university were arrested by the team as part of the probe into the murder.

They were all detained at Menengai Police Station.

The body was moved to Nakuru Municipal Annex Mortuary awaiting postmortem and further investigations.

The other students have asked security agencies to ensure justice for the deceased and enhance operations there to tame the trend.

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