Crimes of the week: Worry as cases of teenagers stabbing each other rise

Boy, 12, stabs another over pets

The week has been marred with cases of stabbings, some of which involved teenagers.

In one of the incidences, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed and killed in a quarrel over pets in Eldoret.

The suspected killer, a 12-year-old, is said to have stabbed the other in the chest using a kitchen knife.

Police said the two argued over possession of the doves they had apparently bought as pets.

The police officers and villagers said the assailant allegedly reached for the knife and stabbed the victim in the left side of the chest.

The 16-year-old succumbed to injuries while being rushed to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.

The suspect has since been arrested as the body of the deceased was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.

Shiners Boys stabbing incident

In another incident, a KCSE candidate at Shiners Boys in Nakuru was stabbed to death by another student.

The suspect had been allowed back to the school after suspension due to disciplinary issues.

The security officials said four candidates were reported to have differed over personal items destroyed in school, leading to the incident that happened at about 8 pm.

The altercation resulted in the stabbing and killing.

Police said the victim was rushed to Nakuru Level 6 Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.

The police have since arrested eight students as investigations into the fatal stabbing continue.

Gilgil Sub-County Commander Winstone Mwakio said one of the suspects was found with several rolls of bhang in his jacket pocket.

The student had been expelled from a school in Nairobi before his parents secured a vacancy at Shiners.

Nakuru County Commissioner Loyford Kibaara said out of the eight, five of them are doing their exams in the Mbaruk police post; the other three arrested initially are in the Gilgil police station.

Police are trying to establish the credibility of claims that the key suspect used a broken piece of glass to stab the deceased.

The murder weapon is yet to be found, although initial reports had indicated that the stab wound was inflicted by a knife.

Other crimes

The body of a 19-year-old woman was found in a banana farm in Kiambaa area after a suspected murder.

Detectives are still investigating the murder of 19-year-old Sharon Atieno, also known as Nicole, who was killed hours after leaving her house for a stroll. 

The badly mutilated body of Sharon was discovered on Friday, November 8, 2024, in a banana plantation in the Banana area. 

The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said.

Her friends said she left her residence in Thindigwa, Karuri, at 10 pm on Thursday to make a phone call.

She was also taking a walk, leaving her roommate behind. Hours later, her friends said they tried to reach her in vain.

It was not until the following day that the body was discovered in a banana plantation in Gachorwe village, Kiambaa.

In other news, a woman died from injuries sustained following a road accident along Lang’ata Road near Uhuru Gardens, police said.

The unidentified woman is said to have been crossing the road when a vehicle heading towards Lang’ata from CBD hit her.

Police said the deceased sustained serious injuries and died on the spot.

Elsewhere, Reuben Mwaura, 35, was hit by a vehicle within the Murengeti area along Nairobi-Naivasha highway.

Police said Mwaura was crossing the road when the vehicle hit him.

He died on the spot and the vehicle failed to stop, police added.

In Ahenyo village in Kisumu, police said one Maurice Omondi Onyango aged 39, died by suicide on Saturday.

Police said the man hung himself with a sisal rope tied around his neck on a tree.

No suicide note was found.

The body was moved to JOOTRH mortuary for postmortem examination.

In Kieni East, Nyeri County, Paul Maina Gakuru, aged 53 years also died by suicide after hanging himself with a sisal rope.

Police officers determined that the deceased was suspected of ingesting herbicides (Rocket 44EC and Bestox) before hanging himself.

The body was later moved to Mary Immaculate Hospital Mortuary in Mweiga, pending an autopsy