Police are holding a man accused of beheading his two children in Tach Asis area in Konoin, Bomet County.
Detectives said the 35-year-old man beheaded his two children, aged 2 and 7 years.
The motive of the attack was not immediately established.
Police said they are interrogating him for more information.
Bomet County Police Commandant Edward Imbwaga said the suspect is believed to have used a kitchen knife to commit the gruesome act.
The bodies of the two children were reportedly placed in the kitchen after the incident, police said.
Police said the suspect’s wife was not at home at the time of the incident.
She stumbled on the bodies after following bloodstains that led her to the kitchen, prompting her to alert the authorities.
Police visited the scene and recovered the suspected murder weapon.
The bodies were later transferred to Kapkatet Hospital Mortuary for postmortem examination.
Elsewhere, a middle-aged man was found dead with an arrow lodged in his throat in Nairobi’s Railways estate.
Police said residents stumbled on the body on April 9, long after he had died.
The deceased’s body was found in a pool of blood that was oozing from the mouth and nose.
On further examination, the deceased had an arrow lodged in the throat, police said.
He is believed to have been killed at the scene, police said, adding no arrest had been made so far.
Police said they are investigating murder in the incident.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
In Ojimbo area, Makadara, a male body was found near the local railway line.
Police who visited the scene said the body had strangulation marks caused by a jumper cord and done by unknown persons.
There were also visible physical injuries on the head inflicted by a blunt object.
The deceased was yet to be identified, and the body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
In Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County, a woman is nursing serious stab wounds to her breasts after a domestic fight with a person known to her.
Police said the suspect was later arrested pending arraignment.
He told police they had differed over domestic issues, which escalated to a fight.
