Nakuru woman stabs lover in suspected love triangle
Police have launched a manhunt for a woman who stabbed to death his lover in a suspected love triangle incident in Nakuru.
The unidentified suspect reportedly attacked Peter Njenga Muruga, 27, on January 23, 2023, at Mwariki area, Nakuru County before she fled the scene.
According to the police, the incident involved a female tenant and her neighbour who died at the scene.
Police found the body lying in a pool of blood on a sofa set with visible stab wounds on the left arm and eye.
According to the other tenants, the deceased was in a love affair with one of their neighbours.
A hunt on the woman is ongoing, police said as they try to establish the motive of the murder.
Cases of lovers harming or killing each other have been on the rise across the country in recent weeks.
On Monday, a man was rescued by police after discovering the lifeless body of his wife lying in a pool of blood after being stabbed to death allegedly by a man purported to be her boyfriend following a domestic row.
Bridget Ochieng who was a teacher in Kisumu was found in her house at Oboch Market in Nyakach Sub-County.
The teacher was 33 years old. Police are already investigating what could have led to the killing of the teacher.
The motive for the alleged crime remains unclear, although neighbours report the couple frequently fought before the tragedy.
Meanwhile, in Nairobi, police are investigating two separate murder incidents involving women following suspected domestic fights.
Detectives handling the incidents said they are unrelated and the killers are known.
The first incident occurred when a 24-year-old woman died in hospital after a domestic dispute with a man who residents said was her boyfriend in Nairobi’s Githurai 44.
Police identified the woman as Grace Wangari, adding that the incident happened on the night of Saturday, January 20.
Neighbours said they heard screams from where the woman was staying with her boyfriend and rushed to help her.
The neighbours alerted police who rushed to the scene and rescued the woman, who was taken to a local clinic with head injuries.
She was later transferred to Kiambu Level Five Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said she was bleeding profusely when she was rescued and taken to the hospital.
The man was arrested at the scene and detained at Kasarani police cells on murder charges.
Elsewhere, a 40-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her husband during a domestic dispute in Nairobi’s Kiambiu slums.
Mercy Atieno’s body was found in her home long after the incident on Saturday night, police said.
Police say that the suspect on the run and they are looking for him.
A bloody knife was found at the scene, police said.
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