Police in Makadara are investigating a murder incident after a 19-year-old man was fatally stabbed near a railway crossing footbridge in the Mukuru kwa Njenga area.
The incident was reported on May 24, 2026 at about 8.20 pm by a member of the public.
According to police, they established that the victim had succumbed after an altercation involving another man and a woman believed to have been his girlfriend.
The deceased was identified by his sister as Morgan Kundu Simiyu, 19, a resident of Maziwa Estate within Mukuru kwa Njenga.
Police said the body had a stab wound on the right side of the chest.
The girlfriend was taken to the station for interrogation and recording of statements as investigations into the incident continue.
Crime scene personnel from Makadara processed and documented the scene before the body was moved to Nairobi City Mortuary awaiting postmortem examination.
And police in Machakos are investigating a sudden death incident after a 43-year-old man was found dead in a room at Marina Apartments in the Miwani area.
The incident was reported on May 24, 2026 at about 4.50 pm.
Police who visited the scene found the body of Muthui Benard Munene lying on a mattress on the floor inside a room located under the staircase within the apartment compound.
Preliminary investigations established that the deceased was a tenant at the apartments but had allegedly been locked out of his house over rent arrears and had been seeking accommodation from friends.
Police said he had been staying with a watchman at the apartments, from May 22, 2026.
The guard reportedly left him in the room at around 7.30 am on Sunday and upon returning at about 2 pm found him unresponsive.
Crime scene investigators processed and documented the scene before the body, which had no visible injuries, was moved to Machakos Level 5 Hospital mortuary pending autopsy.
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