A Kenya Defence Forces soldier was on Thursday stabbed and killed in a confrontation with his assailants outside a hospital in Likoni, Mombasa County.
The soldier was identified as Dennis Wesonga of the Kenya Navy, Mtongwe.
Police and witnesses said the deceased was in the company of friends at a private hospital when they suddenly started to quarrel.
The group had come to visit a female patient who was admitted at the facility.
The confrontation forced security at the facility to order them out.
The group continued to argue outside the hospital leading to a fight, police and witnesses said.
It was then Wesonga was stabbed in the stomach. The assailants escaped the scene before the victim was rushed to Likoni Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.
Police were called to the scene and announced a hunt on the group is ongoing. The police said the two suspects are known and efforts to get them for grilling are ongoing.
The motive of the incident is yet to be revealed.
The body was moved to Pandya mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
Meanwhile, police are hunting for a suspect who killed his girlfriend and called Isinya police station in Kajiado County to report the same. He said he murdered the woman on February 3.
The suspect identified as Denis Kipkirui Kemei, 27 informed police he killed his girlfriend identified as Risper Ngendo Munene, 24 at a house in Olooltepes sub-location, Oloosirkon location of Isinya sub-county.
He then hung up and vanished. Police visited the scene and found the body of Ngendo in a house, which was locked.
The body was covered with a blanket on the bed and had black marks on the limbs and neck and was swollen.
The body was moved to Nairobi Funeral Home (City Mortuary) awaiting postmortem.
Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the murder.
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