A 62-year-old man from Mang’u, Kiambu County, on Wednesday killed his younger brother and injured another in a knife drama.
Gathii Kiarie is said to have caught his two brothers aged 50 and 52 years unawares and started to stab them randomly. The family is reportedly entangled in a dispute.
“I had just gone to the bathroom when a child came to inform me that Baba Shiku had been stabbed,” said the deceased man’s wife, Leah Wanjiru.
“I rushed out to go to the scene where I found my husband lying down. The neighbours asked me for a blanket so that we could take him to hospital but he died on the way,” she added amid sobs.
The injured man is receiving treatment at Gatundu Hospital while the deceased’s body is in the institution’s mortuary.
The Kamwangi OCS said the man is in their custody but could not divulge further details as he is not allowed to speak to the Press.