Authorities have launched a manhunt for two suspects who reportedly stabbed to death a Kenya Defence Forces soldier in a confrontation outside a hospital in Likoni, Mombasa County on Thursday.
The soldier who since been identified as Dennis Wesonga of the Kenya Navy, Mtongwe was in the company of friends at a private hospital when they suddenly started to quarrel.
The group had come to visit a female patient who was admitted at the facility. The confrontation forced security at the facility to order them out.
However, They continued to argue outside the hospital, leading to a fight. police and witnesses said it was then that Wesonga was stabbed in the stomach.
The assailants escaped the scene before the victim was rushed to Likoni Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries, police said.
The police have stated that the two suspects are known and efforts to capture them are ongoing. The motive of the incident is still unknown.
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