Kitui Residents Hunt and Kill Man Accused of Hacking Wife to Death.
Kitui Residents Hunt and Kill Man Accused of Hacking Wife to Death: Residents from Kairungu Location in Kitui County on early Monday morning hunted down a man accused of unaliving his wife and fleeing with her head in the wee hours of Monday.
According to reports, the man, 36, chopped off his wife’s head killing the 49-year-old instantly. He left her body on the roadside at Mbagwani Village.
The residents took the initiative of Hunting down the man They pursued him for 20 kilometres and later caught up with him and demanded to be shown where the head was.
The suspect agreed, took them to the location and showed them the murder weapon. The angry residents later took matters into their own hands and killed him.
According to the local chief Daniel Kyumbo, cases of wrangles between the suspect and his deceased wife had been reported before.
He further revealed that he had seized the murder weapon used by the suspect
Joseph Ole Napeiyan, the commander of the Eastern Regional Police spoke to the media saying that the murder was reported at 2.03 am at Mwingi Police Station on Monday.
Napeiyan noted that the woman’s body had several sharp cuts which may have been inflicted using a machete.
“The woman’s head was also chopped off and missing,” the commander stated.
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