A middle-aged man has been arrested after he allegedly killed a woman after a quarrel ensued over charcoal.

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The incident took place at Mukinyai village in Molo.

Residents said the two quarreled over charcoal burning and the man hit the woman with an object.

The woman bled profusely and died, a resident said.

Police in Molo confirmed the incident.

"The man has been arrested and will be charged with murder," a junior officer who cannot be named told this writer.