Cop stabbed to death in fight outside bar in Embakasi, Nairobi

Police are investigating an incident in which a police officer was stabbed and killed in an altercation at the parking lot of a bar in Embakasi, Nairobi.

The body of constable Nicholas Koech, 30 was found lying in a pool of blood long after he had been killed on Saturday August 10 morning.

He was among a group of revelers who had attended a Kalenjin Night event at the bar and they were leaving when a commotion broke out at the parking lot.

Security at the premises said they were informed of the stabbing minutes after it had happened.

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.