A 56-year-old woman was found stabbed to death inside her house in Soweto, Kayole, Nairobi, with police arresting an 18-year-old suspect in connection with the killing.
Police said the incident was reported on October 8, 2026, prompting officers from Soweto Police Station to rush to the scene.
They found the body of Virginia Muthui Kathena lying in a pool of blood inside the sitting room of her house.
The woman had visible stab wounds on her lower abdomen, left upper arm and right cheek.
A blood-stained kitchen knife, suspected to have been used in the attack, was recovered beside the body.
Police arrested an 18-year-old suspect who was taken to Soweto Police Station pending further police action.
The scene was processed by crime scene investigators from Kayole, while the body was moved to the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital mortuary awaiting a postmortem examination.
And a postmortem examination has established that a 49-year-old man whose death was initially reported as a drowning in Kinango, Kwale County, died from injuries caused by a blunt object before his body was thrown into a water pan.
The deceased, identified as Nicholas Mutisya Kyuli, was found in the water pan in an incident reported on October 2, 2026, at Vigurungani Police Station.
A postmortem conducted on Wednesday, October 7, at about 6pm established that Kyuli had sustained bodily injuries consistent with blunt-force trauma.
Following the findings, police opened a murder investigation, treating the case as a suspected killing rather than an accidental drowning.
Investigators are now working to establish the circumstances surrounding Kyuli’s death and identify those responsible.
Meanwhile, a 40-year-old man was stabbed to death by an assailant while returning home from a nearby pharmacy in Dagahaley, Dadaab Sub-County, Garissa County.
Police said the incident occurred on Wednesday night, October 7, 2026, at about 8:48pm. The victim, identified as Abdi Saney Ibrahim, a resident of Dagahaley Refugee Camp, was reportedly waylaid by a man.
The assailant allegedly stabbed Ibrahim in the chest with a knife before fleeing the scene.
Ibrahim was rushed to MSF Hospital Dagahaley, where medical officers confirmed that he was dead on arrival. The incident was reported to police at about 12:15am on Thursday.
Police officers visited the scene and commenced investigations. The body was moved to the MSF hospital mortuary pending a postmortem examination.
Police said the motive for the killing had not been established and efforts to apprehend the suspect were ongoing.
READ ALSO;
Police Detain Bus Driver, Conductor After Passenger Is Drugged In Utawala, Nairobi
