Man shot and killed in attack in Migori
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A businessman was shot and killed in an attack in Kegonga area, Kuria, Migori County.
The motive of the Sunday August 10 night shooting is yet to be established, police said. The body of Daudi Magonga was found lying in a pool of blood moments after his shooting as he left a local market in Kigutimo.
Police said the body had a bullet wound in the back of the head and chest. The assailants escaped the scene after the shooting.
A team that visited the scene said they recovered three spent cartridges and sent for ballistic tests as part of the probe into the murder. The businessman dealt with general merchants in the area.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Meanwhile, police in Nairobi’s Kayole area are investigating the murder of one Martin Kamau Muturi, 25 whose body was found in his house.
The body had bruises on the neck and lower abdomen. The man is believed to have been hit elsewhere and stumbled to his house where he died on Sunday afternoon before the neighbours found the body.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations, police said.
In Kangeta, Meru County, one Angelica Kalayu, 40 was found dead with her face having fresh burns. Her left hand also had burns, police who visited the scene said.
Police said the woman was killed elsewhere and dumped at the scene where it was discovered on Sunday evening.
The motive of the murder is yet to be established. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations, police said.
In Suba, Homabay County, a man identified as Brian Omondi was found unconscious at the gate of a local dispensary and taken in where he succumbed to the injuries.
The man died at the Kitare hospital after he had been assaulted at the local market in an altercation with people known to him.
The same assailants are believed to have taken and abandoned him outside the hospital where he died. Police said the body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.