Nairobi man wanted for fatal stabbing of 20-year-old girlfriend in Biafra slums
Detectives have launched a manhunt for a man they believe stabbed his 20-year-old girlfriend to death during a fight in Biafra slums, Nairobi.
The body of Serah Ndunge Musyoki was found sprawled in her house long after the incident had happened on Sunday night, January 28.
She was rushed to the Mother and Child Hospital on Yusuf Haji Avenue where she succumbed during treatment, police said.
Police stated that the attacker, who is known to the family as her boyfriend, is at large, and efforts to trace him are ongoing.
“The man and deceased woman were the only ones who were in the house at the time of the murder, and we are yet to establish the motive of the killing is yet to be known,” police said in a statement.
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The body, which had stab wounds in the chest, was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
On Saturday, demonstrations took place across major cities in Kenya to protest against the rising cases of femicide and other violence against women.
Hundreds gathered in Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa, Nyeri, and Lodwar, some carrying placards with the names of those who were killed.
Saturday’s protests follow a series of gruesome murders of women – including one victim, later named identified as Rita Waeni, whose dismembered remains were found stuffed into a plastic bag at a short-term rental apartment.
Femicide is defined as intentionally killing a woman or girl because they are female.
Amnesty International says more than 500 cases of femicide were recorded in Kenya between the years 2016 and 2023.
Many of the victims were killed by intimate partners or people known to them.