Police are investigating an incident where a man was found dead in his house in Kilibasi village, Kwale County.
The body of Mwachinda Tsimba was found on the doorstep of his house after the murder on June 4.
The body had deep cuts on the head, which, according to police, appeared to have been inflicted by a sharp object.
The incident seemed to have happened at the entrance of the door because the body lay there next to some shopping he had carried.
Police said the door was locked then and it is believed he was trying to open it before he fell and died there. The man lived alone at that time after his wife died. His four children were away at the time of the incident, police said.
The motive of the murder is yet to be established.
Such cases where the elderly are killed are rampant in the area. Police have linked land to some of the cases. Most of the incidents remain under probe so far, police say.
Elsewhere in Awendo, Migori County, a man hit and killed his two-month-old baby as he battered his wife in a domestic dispute.
The man was arrested after an autopsy showed the baby had died out of trauma to the head.
The wife of the man had told police the baby was hit by a craw bar that the suspect was using to hit her in a domestic fight. The police arrested the suspect and conducted an autopsy, which showed the cause of the death.
Police said the suspect will face murder charges. He told police the incident was accidental.
Elsewhere in Nyakach, Kisumu County, a suspect was lynched over claims he tried to steal from a home.
The incident happened in Wanda village. The body of the deceased was found on the roadside on Wednesday after the murder.
Police discourage mob lynching and term it criminal. The police want suspects to surrendered to authorities for processing.
The police are investigating a series of mob lynching incidents reported in the country so far, police headquarters said.
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