Woman surrenders to police after stabbing boyfriend to death in Kirinyaga
Shock
has engulfed Kagio town in Kirinyaga County after a 38-year-old woman killed
her boyfriend by stabbing him five times.
According
to Kirinyaga West sub-county police commander Moses Koskei, the woman who is a
barmaid in the trading centre surrendered at Kagio police station on Monday after
the incident.
“She
stabbed his boyfriend five times; two times in his left thigh, two times in his right thigh and the fifth time she stabbed him in his private parts,” Koskei
said.
Koskei
said the man died after bleeding and police are investigating the
circumstances under which the woman killed her lover.
“The
two have rented the house along Baricho Road in this trading centre and we are
told both hail from the Gichugu constituency,” Koskei said.
The
police boss said they have not yet recovered the killer knife.
“We
are expecting the suspect who is being held at Kagio police station to tell us
where she hid the weapon which we will use as an exhibit,” Koskei said.
The body was taken to Kerugoya Referral Hospital mortuary.
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