Residents of Githurai area on Tuesday morning were left in rude shock after a couple committed suicide and left a note saying they be buried together.

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It is suspected that the wife committed suicide first.

According to the star, the man called his brother and informed him that his wife had committed suicide and he needed to be in the house soonest.

"After calling his brother he committed suicide, by the time his brother arrived at the house, he found his body hanging next to that of the wife," Kiambu OCPD Duncan Ngutu said as quoted by the star.

The couple had two young children  are said to be in frequent domestic quarrels.

Ngutu noted that the man might have killed the woman before committing suicide.