Detectives are investigating the murder of a 75-year-old man in Kinamba, Naivasha, Nakuru County.
The body of Joel Chege was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple injuries in the head, hands and back near the buttocks, police said.
Police said the injuries were inflicted by a panga. The motive of the murder was not immediately known after the April 18 incident, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary for autopsy and other procedures.
Elsewhere in Suba, Homa Bay County, a man was hacked to death in a love triangle saga.
Police said one Joshua Okoth, 45 was hacked to death in Kibura sublocation following an altercation over a woman.
His body was found lying in a maize plantation with multiple deep cuts on the back, chopped off left lower limb and hands.
The deceased and an assailant who was arrested are said to have been involved in an altercation over a woman.
Okoth is said to have trailed the woman to the assailant’s home where a fight broke out in Kichare village.
The assailant sustained a bite on his lower lip and was taken to hospital under police guard.
Such murder incidents have been on the rise in local villages amid efforts to solve them.
Most of the women involved are widows who are inherited, police investigations show.
Elsewhere in the Jomvu area, Mombasa County, a suspect was stoned to death after being accused of being a goat thief.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures, police said.
Police discourage mob lynching and want suspects be surrendered to authorities for processing and possible prosecution.
Dozens of suspects have been lynched in the past months in a worrying trend amid efforts to address the menace, police say.
Some of those involved in the attacks have been arrested and prosecuted.
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