Police have launched a manhunt for a 30-year-old man who is suspected to kill his elder brother in Ihumbu Village, Murang’a County on Sunday evening over missing KSh50 raw Matumbo.
Police said the suspect cut his brother in the head with a machete.
Their father, Onesmus Nduati illustrated how his two children fell out leading to the loss of one’s life.
“The elder one was saying that his brother had stolen a package of matumbo from him. The accused denied it. The younger one had a panga in his hand. I tried to urge them to stop quarrelling and instead talk the issue out,” Nduati said.
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According to their father, his 30-year-old son is a short-tempered man who never gives space in resolving conflicts but he jumps to action.
“Efforts to cool them down were futile as the younger son, who is usually quarrelsome and hot-tempered did not want to settle the dispute in peace but attacked his 36-year-old brother with the panga,” the father said.
However, the police under Murang’a South sub-county police boss Alexander Shikondi, revealed that Onesmus Nduati filed the case at the Maragua Police Station.
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“We received the report that Moses Mwaura … had been seriously injured by his brother. We were also notified that the murder suspect had escaped and had also taken off with the weapon he had used in the attack,” Shikondi said.
Shikondi said officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had visited the scene.
Mwaura was reported dead upon arrival at Maragua Level Four Hospital.
The body was transferred to the Murang’a Level Five Hospital mortuary for preservation.
“We are tracking down the suspect. We are also intending to have an autopsy on the body. We are treating the incident as a serious crime of murder,” Shikondi said.
