Police in Kwale County have launched a search for a man said to have killed his wife using a panga in Maendeleo Village, Kinango Sub-County before he fled. [PHOTO/Nation]
Police officers in Kwale County are searching for a man whom allegedly killed his wife in Maendeleo Village, Kinango Sub-County.
Onesmus Mutuku Kilonzo, is believed to have cut his wife on the head on Tuesday night.
Karuku Ngumo, the Kwale County Commissioner said the suspect fled and left behind a blood-stained machete.
"We have established that the deceased was fatally cut on the head by the husband with a panga on Tuesday night following a domestic quarrel over a phone," he said.
Ngumo said they have launched a search for the suspect and appealed to locals to help in his arrest.
"The police have mounted a search for the assailant who fled leaving behind the weapons used to kill his wife," said Ngumo.