Police are investigating an incident in which a 25-year-old man was punched to death in a fight over a missing mobile phone in a bar in Mlolongo, Machakos County.
The deceased Ezekiel Muthomi succumbed to the injuries in the hospital after a fight with his friend.
The two were in a bar in the area when the friend known to the deceased accused him of stealing his mobile phone, witnesses and police said.
This prompted a struggle and fight that left Muthomi with serious injuries.
He was rushed to Kitengela Medical Hospital where he was pronounced dead in the Saturday morning incident.
The suspected assailant is missing and efforts to trace him are being made, police said.
Police said the deceased was at Mashimo Bar when his friend accused him of stealing his mobile phone.
The body with a visible swollen head was removed to Shalom Hospital mortuary pending postmortem.
