A 51-year-old man was found dead with visible injuries along Juja Road in Nairobi on Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified as Benjamin Mutiso, whose body was discovered opposite Kiboro Primary School.
Police said a member of the public reported the discovery at about 8:20am, prompting officers to respond to the scene.
The officers found Mutiso’s lifeless body lying on his back beside the road, with visible injuries to his back, head and mouth.
Crime Scene Investigation officers from Starehe photographed and documented the scene as detectives began investigations into the circumstances surrounding his death.
The body was later removed and taken to the City Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending an autopsy.
Police are investigating the incident as a suspected murder.
And a 54-year-old man died after being struck by a falling tree branch while pruning trees at his compound in Mugirirwa Sub-location, Tharaka Nithi County.
The incident occurred on Thursday, September 24, 2026, in Kiriguni Village, Chuka North Sub-County.
Police identified the deceased as Frankline Mutembei Njoka, who was reportedly pruning grevillea robusta trees with his brother when a branch fell and struck him on the head.
Njoka died at the scene from the injuries sustained in the incident.
Police officers from Chuka Police Station, detectives from DCI Chuka North and Crime Scene Investigation officers from Tharaka Nithi visited and processed the scene.
According to police, blood was visible around the deceased’s mouth, nose and ears.
The scene was documented and the body was subsequently moved to Chuka Referral Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting a postmortem examination.
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