Police are investigating the murder of a man whose body was found in a seasonal river in the Kathiani area, Machakos County.
Locals reported to police they found the body at the Kenyonyeni seasonal river within Kwantheeu village on Tuesday.
Police officers visited the scene, where they found the lifeless body of an unknown middle-aged male adult lying on the river facing downwards in the seasonal river.
The deceased’s clothes were wet and the body had no visible injuries, police said.
The body was moved to Kathiani hospital mortuary awaiting identification and postmortem examination.
Elsewhere in the Kasinga sub-location, one Julius Ndolo Mbuthe aged 66 years died by suicide by hanging himself in the bedroom of his house using a sisal rope.
A suicide note was also recovered in which he stated that he took his life due to the problems he was undergoing.
The body was moved to the mortuary.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise in separate parts of the country amid calls to address the trend.
The government and other agencies are making efforts to address the issue.
Most victims are men, the trend shows.
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