An altercation at a bar parking lot in Embakasi, Nairobi, resulted in the stabbing and death of a police officer. The incident is being investigated by the police.
Constable Nicholas Koech, 30, was killed early on Saturday, August 10, and his body was discovered lying in a pool of blood.
He was leaving the bar with some other partygoers who had attended a Kalenjin Night event when there was a disturbance in the parking lot.
Minutes after the stabbing occurred, according to the site’s security, they were notified.
The security told police they did not know what triggered the fight and subsequent stabbing.
It was then he checked and realised a man was on the ground screaming for help.
Police were called and confirmed the deceased was a police officer attached to police headquarters Jogoo House.
Those behind the attack were missing.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
Elsewhere, a family dispute over a piece of land turned tragic when a man allegedly hacked and killed his son in Tambach Village, Tuiyobei location in Marigat, Baringo County.
The deceased identified as Frankline Kipchoge, 36 succumbed to his injuries in the hospital following a fight with his father over the land, police said.
According to police, the said son demanded his piece of land share, which aggrieved his father and a serious fight erupted between them.
In the process, the father cut his son in the neck with a panga occasioning grievous injury.
The said victim was rushed to Nyahururu County Referral Hospital and admitted but died while undergoing treatment due to the serious injuries inflicted.
Police visited the scene and recovered the panga used in the attack. The suspect is on the run amid efforts to get him, police said of the Friday incident.
The body was preserved at the local mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
