Detectives are investigating a murder after the discovery of a body of man in Tana River, Machakos’ Masinga area.
The body had been stuck in a sack and abandoned on the water when it was discovered in the Tumutumu area on Monday, police said.
Police visited the scene and confirmed it was a man aged about 43.
The man seemed to have been murdered elsewhere before the body was dumped in the area.
The body did not have any visible injuries at the time of its discovery, police said as they moved it to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
No arrest has been made so far over the murder, police said.
Elsewhere, police are investigating a murder in an incident where a man was shot and killed in an attack by an arrow in Ishiara, Mbeere, Embu County.
The incident happened on September 16 along the Kanyuambora-Kamumu road, police said.
The police said Simon Njiru was hawking assorted goods in the area when he was confronted by a suspect and shot in the right side of the breast.
The suspect then tried to remove the arrow in vain as it had stuck in the body of the victim, police and witnesses said.
Police said the suspect escaped from the scene to an unknown destination. The motive of the attack was not immediately established.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Police said they had mobilised for a search for the suspect amid fears of similar incidents in the area. Locals demanded justice for the murder, with police assuring them of their safety.
Murder cases have been on the rise in the country, with up to eight cases being reported daily, police say.
Homicide squads are struggling to solve the cases spread across the country, which have overstretched their resources.
Some of the cases are pending in courts, while others are unsolved.
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