Detectives are investigating an incident where two foreign nationals were found dead with suspected gunshot wounds to the head inside an apartment along Chania Avenue in Kilimani, Nairobi.
Suicide is the leading possible cause of the deaths, police said.
The deceased were identified as Nguyen Hong Ngoc, a Vietnamese woman, and Xu Zhiyu, a Chinese man.
The two lived together as a man and woman in an apartment where their bodies were found on Tuesday morning. It is believed the two died by suicide. The motive was not immediately known.
It is also suspected one of the victims first shot and killed the colleague before turning the gun to himself blowing the head, police said.
According to police, a manager of Meteor Garden Apartments reported hearing gunshots from house A506 at around 10 a.m.
The apartment was reportedly locked from the inside.
Police were called to the scene.
The apartment management subsequently opened the house using a spare key.
Inside, the officers found the two lifeless bodies seated side by side on a mattress in the sitting room, with suspected gunshot wounds to the head.
A BUL 9mm pistol, a magazine loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition, two spent 9mm cartridges and a handwritten note suspected to be a suicide note were recovered from the scene.
Crime Scene Investigation officers from Nairobi Region processed the apartment before the bodies were moved to Chiromo Funeral Parlour, where they await postmortem examinations.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths, the possible motive and ownership of the recovered firearm.
They want to know who was licensed to own a gun, if any. Although investigators suspect a possible suicide pact, the circumstances of the deaths have not been conclusively established.
Suicide cases have been on the rise amid efforts to address the trend. Most victims are men. The World Health Organisation says such cases are also attributed to joblessness, death, academic failures or pressures, legal difficulties and financial difficulties. Other reasons are bullying, previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression and bipolar disorder. The government says efforts are being made to address the menace.
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