Husband Kills His Wife in Cold Blood After Raiding In-Laws Home

A middle-aged man is on the run after brutally attacking his estranged wife and in-laws in Mbooni East, Makueni County.

Muthwani assistant chief Peter Kasangi said the jilted man had separated from his wife for about three months and she had returned to her parent’s home.

The chief said the suspect raided his in-law’s home on Monday night September 4, 2023, where he attacked his estranged wife and her brother.

“At around 7 pm on Monday, the suspect went to his in-laws’ home, where he found his the woman and her brother,” the chief said.

The man attacked his brother-in-law with a machete before he used the same weapon to fatally attack his wife who succumbed to injuries.

“He then attacked the man with a machete, leaving him with serious head injuries before killing his ex-wife with the same panga,” the chief said.

The suspect escaped before neighbours responded.

Elsewhere, Police in Jomvu, Mombasa County are actively pursuing six suspects believed to have butchered a 14-year-old boy to death.

According to a police report, the victim, Kennedy Maluni who was expected to sit his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) reportedly went missing on August 23, 2023, moments after her mother sent him to the shop at around 8.30 pm.

The boy’s lifeless body was found in a ditch some 500 metres from his school.

The body, which had been slashed with a machete, had deep cuts on his head, hands and abdomen.

Preliminary reports revealed that the victim was attacked by a group of young boys almost the age of the deceased.