Three suspects have been arrested following the murder of a shopkeeper who was killed as he closed his business on July 3 in Ebuyalu village, Vihiga County.
The three suspects were arrested on Thursday in Yala Township in Siaya.
The deceased Ibrahim Ondeko, 27, was in the company of his wife when he closed the shop at around 10 pm.
Police said the suspects attacked the duo with machetes and killed the man.
"The deceased’s wife was lucky to escape alive but with an injury on her left hand that was almost chopped off," police said.
On the fateful night of the incident, police said it was raining heavily when the suspects, who were about five and had covered their faces with balaclavas, accosted them.
"We had just closed our shop and were headed home when the men who had their faces covered attacked us," the 23-year-old woman told police.
"One of them came after me with a machete and as I shielded myself, he struck my left arm almost dismembering it."
Police said the woman escaped into the rain screaming when she met the officers on patrol who rushed to the scene but found the suspects gone.
The deceased body was left on the ground.
Sleuths from the elite Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau immediately launched a manhunt for the suspects.
Police said the three suspects who were found with some of the deceased’s personal effects will be charged with murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the penal code.
