KDF Soldier Arrested Over Wife’s Murder in Nakuru
A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer was arrested after he fatally stabbed his wife in an altercation at their home in Nakuru county.
Police said the incident happened in St Mary’s area on April 14 and left the officer, a captain based at Gilgil Military Base arrested.
The deceased had previously reported to the police that she was receiving death threats from the suspect.
Nakuru head of DCI Samuel Ngeiwa said the couple’s house help told them deceased, Annita Mugweru, 29, and an accountant quarrelled with her husband.
It is then that the husband is said to have stabbed the woman in the stomach fatally injuring her.
The house girl said the attack happened in full glare of the couple’s four-year-old daughter.
It is not clear what had triggered the latest fight that turned fatal.
She was rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
Police were alerted and visited the scene where they arrested the military officer for further grilling and possible arraignment as the body of the woman was moved to the mortuary for postmortem.
Police produced the captain in court under a miscellaneous application and were granted 14 days to detain him pending investigations.
Meanwhile, a man will face murder charges after his wife who had sustained knife injuries in a fight in their house in Port Reiz area, Changamwe, Mombasa died in hospital.
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The deceased identified as Susan Mito had sustained stab wounds on April 5 in an altercation in their house over domestic issues.
She was rushed to the hospital where she succumbed to the injuries on April 14, police said.
The husband who had been arrested and arraigned for attempted murder will now face murder charges, police said on Thursday as the body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem.
The motive of the attack was not immediately known, police said.
KDF Soldier Arrested Over Wife’s Murder in Nakuru
