A senior Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official has been murdered in a puzzling incident in Mombasa County.
The 48-year-old Aisha Akinyi Abubakar lost her life in a robbery incident after thugs broke into her home in Utange at 3am on Sunday, January 5.
Reportedly, The assailants attacked her after breaking into her house through a kitchen window. The two suspected robbers broke into Abubakar’s house in the wee hours and used a knife to attack her and 18-year-old Khasim Hassan.
The assailants are said to have cut the official on the head, just above the right eye, and proceeded to inflict wounds on her son’s head as well.
However, At the time of publishing this article, IEBC had not released an official statement in regards to the incident.
Police have launched investigations into the incident that is reported to have also left her son with injuries.
The son was rushed to a private hospital in Mombasa, where he is currently undergoing treatment.