Police in Moyale are investigating the murder of a 27-year-old bakery worker who was fatally stabbed by his colleague during a night shift on Friday, July 11.
The incident occurred at a bakery, located in Moyale Township, Marsabit County.
The victim, identified as Malkamu Qabiti, an Ethiopian national, was reportedly attacked with a kitchen knife following a disagreement with a co-worker.
According to police reports, the matter was reported at around 1:00 am by Issa Madei, the bakery’s manager.
Officers from the Moyale Police Station and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) rushed to Moyale Cottage Hospital, approximately one kilometre east of the station, where the victim had been taken for emergency treatment.
“Officers found the lifeless body of one Malkamu Qabiti… lying at the said hospital bed,” reads part of the police report. He was pronounced dead upon arrival due to the severity of his injuries.
The suspect, Mohamed, reportedly fled the scene immediately after the stabbing and remains at large. A manhunt has been launched to track him down.
Crime scene personnel from the DCI processed and documented the area where the attack occurred.
The body of the deceased was later transferred to Moyale Sub-County Hospital Mortuary for preservation and a post-mortem examination.
The motive behind the fatal disagreement is still under investigation. The case is pending under inquiry and is being handled by DCI Moyale.
In another similar incident, police in Kakamega have launched investigations into the brutal killing of a secondary school teacher whose body was found near his home in the early hours of Saturday, July 12.
The victim, identified as Julius Nyerere, 40, was a teacher at St. John Budonga Navakholo Secondary School. His lifeless body was discovered lying in a pool of blood with deep cuts to the head in Muliru Village, Shimanyiro Location.
According to a police report, the incident was reported at around 12:30 am by his wife, Pracxides Nyerere, a resident of the same village.
She told police that her husband had left their home at around 3:00 pm for an unknown location and never returned. She later found his body at around 11:00 pm near their homestead.
“He had been stabbed to death by unknown people near their home,” the report states.
Officers from Malaika Police Station, together with detectives from DCI Kakamega South Sub-County, visited the scene and documented the case.
Police confirmed that the body was found facing upwards with visible deep head wounds, indicating a violent attack.
The motive behind the murder is still unknown, and no arrests have been made by the time of reporting.
The body was transferred to Kakamega County Referral Hospital Mortuary pending a post-mortem examination.
