A
22-year-old university student was found dead after a suspected murder incident
in the Ruai area, Nairobi.
The
deceased was identified as Shadrack Omtita, 22.
His body
was found on Monday, December 9 morning in an open field in the area.
His
mobile phone lay next to the body, police said.
Police
suspect the deceased was hit by unknown people and died in the field.
The body
was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
No arrest
has been made but police said they are pursuing several leads into the
incident.
Elsewhere
in Kariobangi, a 44-year-old man was tragically stabbed and killed in a robbery
outside his house.
Emmanuel
Khamasi who is an employee at one of the Nairobi hotels had arrived home at
about 2 am on Tuesday and as usual, he called his wife to open the main
gate for him.
The wife
told police she woke up and threw the key to the man as is the norm and
walked back to her bed oblivious of what he was facing.
Police
said it was then that unknown people confronted Khamasi prompting a fight.
The
attackers are believed to have targeted him for valuables including cash and
mobile phone.
They
stabbed him in the chest killing him on the spot.
It wasn't
until 6 am that the wife realized the man was not in the house.
This was
after her neighbours called and alerted her that the body was lying at the
gate.
Witnesses
said she was heartbroken on receiving the news.
Police
later arrived at the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy
and investigations.
Nairobi
police boss Adamson Bungei said they have mounted operations in the area to get
the gang behind the incident.
“We hope
to get them for justice to the family. This was a man coming from work whose
life was cut short,” he said.
Police are investigating the source of 20 bullets that were found abandoned at
a parking yard in the Umoja Two area, Nairobi.
A
10-year-old boy who was playing in the yard spotted a carrier bag with wrapped
items in it.
He told
police he checked and realized the contents were 20 live of 7.52 mm, which are
used for rifles.
The boy
alerted his father who later picked up the items and took them to the local police
post.
Police
said they are investigating the source of the bullets after the Sunday evening
incident.
The team
suspects the bullets belong to a person serving in one of the disciplined
services in the country.
