A suspected live hand grenade was recovered from a scrap metal yard in Syokimau, Machakos County, prompting a response from bomb disposal experts. According to police the incident was discovered on April 10, 2026, at around 6:00 p.m. at Ironera Steel Metal Works, located along Mombasa Road, approximately four kilometres south of the station. The company supervisor reported that casual labourers sorting scrap metal at the facility stumbled upon the explosive device during their work. The workers handed over the object to the supervisor, who secured it in an isolated area within the premises. Police officers from Syokimau, in collaboration…
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Police in Nairobi launched investigations into the death of a 9-year-old boy under unclear circumstances in Buruburu. According to police the incident came to light after the child’s mother reported that her son, Peterson Bahati, a Grade One pupil at Kaloleni Primary School, left home on April 10 at around 10:00 a.m. to play outside. He later returned home at about 8:30 p.m. with visible injuries on his head and right thumb. When questioned about the injuries, the child reportedly said he wanted to sleep and did not explain what had happened. The mother bathed and fed him before he…
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives arrested four more suspects linked to the murder of a British national and multiple robbery with violence incidents following an intelligence-led, multi-agency operation in Ukunda. The operation was conducted by DCI officers drawn from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CR&IB) Headquarters, working jointly with their counterparts drawn from SCCIO Nyali and SCCIO Msambweni (Ukunda) on Saturday. The suspects, Bernard Mbusu, Isaac Kinoti Kobia, Evans Muthengi Mutaki and Kelvin Mwangi Njoroge were apprehended at Ideal Apartments, Ukunda. The arrests follow investigations into a robbery with violence incident involving an American national in Nyali and…
A machete-wielding suspect attacked three people at New York City’s Grand Central station before he was fatally shot by police, in a rampage that diverted trains at the nation’s biggest rail hub. The suspect slashed an 84-year-old man and a 65-year-old man about the head and face and left a 70-year-old woman with cuts to her shoulder in the subway platform attack. Police said the assailant, 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, ignored repeated demands to drop the weapon and called himself Lucifer. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said “innocent people were attacked in a senseless act of violence”. New York Mayor Zohran…
Nearly 400 people have been sentenced in Nigeria for links with militant Islamic groups following mass trials. The convicts were given sentences ranging from five years to life imprisonment after linked to Boko Haram or a rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap). The trials came at a time when the government is under intense pressure to curb rising insecurity in Africa’s most-populous state. Security forces are battling multiple armed groups, from militant Islamists to separatists, and kidnapping-for-ransom gangs. Boko Haram launched an insurgency in the north-east in 2009, killing tens of thousands of people and displacing…
The US government recently announced plans to relocate the headquarters for the national forest service from Washington DC to the state of Utah This has stirred up worries that it intends to greatly shrink – or even shut down – the agency that manages the nation’s forests, fights wildfires and conducts biological research. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the service, has said the move is part of a sweeping restructuring that will make the agency more effective and tie it closer to the millions of acres it oversees. US President Donald Trump’s administration also plans to shut…
Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell has strongly denied allegations of sexual misconduct from former staff, as top allies intensify pressure on him to exit the California governor’s race. “These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” he said in a statement after multiple women made allegations ranging from sexual harassment to rape. Within hours of the accusations surfacing on Friday, Swalwell – one of the leading candidates to replace outgoing governor Gavin Newsom – lost backing from prominent supporters, including Senator Adam Schiff and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Swalwell has vowed…
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A 17-year-old Form Four student was found dead in a dam in Namasanda village, Bungoma South Sub-County, after she was reported missing the previous night. According to police, the incident was reported on April 10, 2026, at around 12:00 noon. The body was first spotted floating in the dam by a local resident. Police visited the scene and, with the help of members of the public, retrieved the body from the water. The deceased was identified as a student at St. Peters Musikoma High School. Family members told police that she had gone missing the previous night under unclear circumstances.…
Police in Nairobi Friday arrested a domestic worker suspected of stealing USD15,000 from her employer, an American national, in an incident reported at Kilimani Police Station. The complainant, identified as Casey Cain, had earlier reported that his house help, Eunice Adhiambo, allegedly broke into a drawer in his residence and made away with the cash. The report was booked on April 6 prompting investigations by officers in Kilimani. Acting on leads, police officers on Friday conducted an operation at Raila Estate in Kawangware, where the suspect was traced and apprehended. During a search at the premises, officers recovered USD1,050 believed…
A 40-year-old man died while undergoing treatment following an alleged assault near Shooters Bar in the Airport area of Githurai 44, Nairobi. According to the police, the incident was reported on April 10, 2026, at 10:55 a.m. The deceased, identified as Michael Karanja Kamau, had been admitted at Thika Level 5 Hospital after reportedly being attacked by individuals known to him. Police said the victim sustained a serious head injury, with a blood clot forming on the left side of his head where he had been struck. He was taken into surgery in an attempt to remove the clot, but…
A logistics manager at the Kenya Pipeline Company was Friday granted anticipatory bail after expressing fears of his arrest over the Sh12 billion substandard fuel scandal. The High Court granted Joel Mburu Sh5 million anticipatory bail with surety of a similar amount after he moved to court under certificate of urgency. The official said he was living in fear and apprehensive that the police may pursue him and arrest any time and subject him to harassment and torture, against his constitutional rights as provided in Articles 50 and 51 of the Constitution of Kenya. “That it is in the interest…
President William Ruto Friday launched reconstruction works of the Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line that ceased operations nearly 20 years ago. The line, which was a crucial corridor linking Kenya to northern Tanzania, fell into disuse due to declining freight and passenger services. He announced that the government would spend Sh5.5 billion in the revitalisation and renovation of the Metre Gauge line. In addition, a dry port will also be built in Voi town. When the works on the renovations of the railway line are complete, Ruto pointed out, it will revive the once vibrant Mombasa-Voi-Taveta-Moshi-Arusha-Singida-Bujumbura trade route, reducing the distance between…
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, has strongly condemned the violent attack on Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi in Kisumu. Speaking in Nakuru during the burial ceremony of Mitchelle Jelimo Kemboi, who was the daughter of Kenya Ports Authority Director General Captain William Ruto, Murkomen termed the incident as unacceptable and urged political leaders to shun violence as the country approaches the election period. “We strongly condemn what happened to Senator Osotsi in Kisumu. It is totally unacceptable,” said the CS. “As we head towards the elections, I want to urge leaders to reject politics driven by violence, goons,…
A senior official in the Lebanese president’s office has told the BBC that Lebanon will participate in direct negotiations with Israel next week only if there is a ceasefire in place beforehand. It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised direct talks following what he said were “repeated requests from the Lebanese government”. A US State Department official said it would host a meeting next week in Washington “to discuss ongoing ceasefire negotiations” between the two countries. Israeli air strikes have continued to hit Lebanon, with 21 people killed in the latest attacks, Lebanese authorities say. Hezbollah has also…