MAN ARRESTED FOR BURNING HIS FRIEND TO DEATH.

A man has been arrested for slitting the throat of another man and burning his body at a bush in Kitui’s Zombe area. 

Nicholas Luka, 29, was arrested after committing the crime on January 13.

DCI Director George Kinoti said the suspect and the 36-yr-old deceased Simon Mwangangi had had an argument over Sh 4,000 debt. Luka had gone to visit the deceased at his home.

“This culminated into a fight. Overcome with fury, Luka picked a panga with which he slit the deceased throat, then watched him bleed out his life,” Kinoti said.

Via Social media on Saturday, Kinoti said as a cover up measure, Luka then dragged the body to the bush where he covered it with a heap of plastics before setting it ablaze.

“The deceased’s disappearance from his house for a whole week had raised suspicion. Luka remains in custody pending the forensic DNA outcome,” he said.

Source: The Star