University student stabbed 11 times by girlfriend

Police are investigating two separate murder incidents in Chuka, Tharaka Nithi county and Embu town.

In the first incident, one of the victims was stabbed 11 times by a suspect believed to be his girlfriend in Chuka.

Twenty two-year-old Kelvin Sigei – a second-year student, pursuing Bachelor of science in engineering – was found dead at the Rovines hostels within Ndagani area.

Police visited the scene and said there were signs of struggle due to scattered household items.

Blood was also strewn all over the room and the body had 11 visible open deep knife stab wounds on the chest and stomach.

Two blood-stained knives believed to be the murder weapons were recovered at the scene.

Preliminary information show that the deceased was last seen on Thursday night with his girlfriend, also a second-year student at Chuka University.

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The motive of the murder is not yet known. The woman is at large and efforts to trace her are ongoing. The body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem.

In Kangaru, Embu county, Eric Cheruiyot, a student at a local college was stabbed and killed in an attack.

He was stabbed in the back by men who were riding on a motorcycle on Saturday night, police said.

The motive of the attack was not immediately known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary for postmortem.

The hunt on the assailants continued on Sunday.

And police are looking for two siblings who killed their brother in a domestic feud in a village in Giaki, Meru county.

Police said Patrick Kamakia, 50, was assaulted by his siblings in a quarrel on Saturday in the village.

The cause of the feud was not immediately known.

The body had multiple cuts on the head and legs when it was discovered and moved to the mortuary. The hunt on the suspects continued on Sunday.

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