Detectives are investigating an incident where the deputy head teacher of a secondary school was found murdered and his body abandoned on the roadside in the outskirts of Isiolo Town.
The victim was stabbed as he rode from his place of work in Burat area on February 18, 2026 and was identified as William Mwangi Gitobu, 31 and a deputy headteacher of Leparua Secondary School.
He was attacked and stabbed by men who grabbed his motorcycle and rode off with it.
Police said the body had stab wounds in the chest and ribs and was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
No arrest had been made by Thursday amid investigations. Police said they were pursuing good leads into the murder and robbery.
Such incidents where riders are attacked and robbed of motorcycles have been on the rise amid efforts to solve the trend.
Most of the motorcycles are sold elsewhere. Police advice victims to cooperate with their attackers for their own safety.
In Kathanje, Embu County, one Bernard Njugu, 25 was stabbed and killed in a fight with another man.
The assailant was later arrested by locals and handed over to the police for processing.
Police said the victim was stabbed in the chest and died on arrival at a local hospital after the February 18, 2026 incident.
It is not clear what prompted the fight that turned fatal.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
Elsewhere in Subuiga, Meru County, a man was shot and killed after he had hacked and seriously injured three people in the village.
The victims included his own mother. Police said the suspect was armed with a panga and had attacked his mother and two other people who tried to rescue her. Police were called and shot him in the head as he tried to resist their orders to surrender.
The motive of the attack on the three villagers was not immediately known. They were rushed to the hospital while the body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.
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