A man reportedly stabbed his wife to death before he threatened to turn the heat on his three young children in a domestic fight in the Obama estate, Kayole, Nairobi.
A police report indicates that he also threatened to die by suicide in the drama as his children stared at the body of their mother lying in a pool of blood.
According to a police signal seen by the Star, the incident happened on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in the Budalangi area and involved one Eunice Wanjiku Wambui, 32.
After allegedly killing the woman, the man reportedly locked himself in the house with his three children, threatening to kill them and die by suicide.
Locals joined in the rescue efforts, destroyed the roof and the door to access the house before police arrived and rescued the three children.
The suspect was also rescued and arrested, Nairobi Regional Police Commander George Seda said.
The body of the woman was found lying in a pool of blood in the sitting room after the murder.
The motive of the murder was not immediately established.
Police said the suspect is expected to face murder charges, and the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other investigations.
Elsewhere, police are investigating the murder of a woman in her house in Muthara, Tigania, Meru County.
The woman, identified as Fridah Nkirote, 39, was fatally stabbed by her boyfriend in an altercation.
Police said the woman was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The two had argued in their house before the assailant stabbed her in the ribs.
The suspect is on the run, police said of the Tuesday, September 2, 2025, incident.
A hunt for the man is ongoing, police said.
In Kangemi, Nairobi County, the body of George Mwangi, 25, was found on the roadside after a suspected murder.
Police said the murder incident happened on Tuesday night, and the number of the assailants is yet to be known.
The man had deep cuts on the back of his head.
The motive of the murder was not immediately established, and the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Murder incidents have been on the rise amid efforts to solve them, police say adding up to eight cases are reported daily in a worrying trend in the country.
Most of the cases are linked to domestic and land feuds.
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