A woman was found dead in a house following an altercation in Njathaini, Nairobi County.
The body of Vallery Atieno Okumu, 28 was found lying in a pool of blood with stab wounds in the chest, face, head, stomach, eye, breast and leg.
She had earlier gone to a house belonging to a couple where an altercation broke out.
The husband in the house told police the woman attacked him and his wife prompting them to respond for self defence.
Police said the husband is a Tanzanian. It was during the altercation that the said woman was stabbed multiple times.
Police said the multiple injuries that the woman had point to murder and were out of rage.
The man then reported the matter to the police who came to the scene and collected the body to the mortuary for autopsy.
The couple was later arrested for grilling and further processing and possible arraignment.
Locals said the deceased was known to the couple but could not understand what prompted the fatal altercation.
In Chinga area, Nyeri County, one Daniel Kanyi, 46 was found dead outside his house after a suspected murder.
The motive of the incident was not immediately known and the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
The body had visible injuries in the head and hands.
And police in Kenol, Muranga County are investigating an incident where a nine-year-old girl collapsed and died in a house.
Her mother told police she was undoing the girl’s hair when she asked for water and later collapsed. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy, police said of the February 25 incident.
The incident left the family devastated as they wait for the autopsy to explain the cause of the death.
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