Police officers in Embu County are probing an incident in which a man stabbed the sister-in-law at Nembure village before committing suicide over a land dispute.
The man, who was later identified as Charles Njeru, reportedly attacked the woman, Roselyne Kagendo aged 50 after they differed bitterly over the piece of land. The man descended on the woman and stabbed her with a knife in the chest severally before she succumbed to the injuries she sustained.
Njeru had demanded that the woman, who was residing on the piece of land with the family vacates. Confirming the incident County police commander Daniel Rukanga said that a probe into the matter has kicked off. He also said that it is saddening for a family to lose two souls at the same time.
"It is unfortunate that two lives of close relatives have been lost but we have launched investigations to establish what really happened," said Rukanga.
Kagendo reportedly insisted that the land was an inheritance from her late husband but the man could not buy any side of her story. The man took off immediately after the act.
The relatives swung into action very fast and rushed her to the nearest health facility but she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The bodies of the two were taken to the Embu referral hospital mortuary.