Man stabbed as he tries to stop fighting couple in Huruma

A 29-year-old man was stabbed and killed as he tried to intervene and stop a fight between a couple in the Huruma area, Nairobi.

Police said John Olando Ambwaye was stabbed in the neck and bled to death on arrival at a local hospital following the Tuesday afternoon incident.

His neighbours- a woman and a man- were fighting when he tried to intervene and stop the confrontation.

Witnesses told police the husband had hit and floored his wife in the confrontation when Ambwaye tried to intervene and stop the same.

It was then that the assailant picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed him in the neck.

Police said he vanished from the scene. A team of detectives visited the scene soon after the incident and launched a hunt on him in vain.

The body of the man was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy. The injured woman was taken to a local clinic where she was attended and discharged.

Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said they are looking for a known suspect in the murder.

He said police did not recover the killer weapon in the incident.

Meanwhile, a Sierra Leon national was found dead in his apartment after failing to report to work.

Sansey Mangeh, 68 worked in Nairobi.

He had failed to report to work on Monday, October 28 when some of his workmates decided to check on him.

He had also failed to respond to his calls, which raised alarm among his colleagues.

His body was found in his serviced apartment in Kileleshwa, Nairobi.

A cleaner rang the room bell with no response, which prompted them to open and found the deceased lying unresponsive beside the bed.

Paramedics were called in and confirmed he was dead.

It was established that the deceased stayed alone at the apartment. The cause of the death is yet to be known.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

Elsewhere in Nambale, Busia County’s Mungatsi location, the lifeless body of a male adult was found in a maize plantation within Mundembu village.

Police officers rushed to the scene and found Collins Kamano Lubanga, 25 dead with deep cuts on the head, chest, and both arms.

The body was removed to Butula Sub-County hospital mortuary for postmortem examination.

No arrest has been made so far and police said they are investigating murder.