A 22-year-old man died after members of the public reportedly attacked him following an alleged stabbing incident involving a woman in Kibra, Nairobi.
The incident occurred in the Kibra Kianda area within Kilimani Sub-County on August 16, 2026.
Police said the man, identified as Ernest Mutola, was armed with a knife when he reportedly entered a railway residential area from Jamhuri Police Station.
He reportedly attacked and stabbed a woman on the forehead, leaving her injured.
She was rushed to Mbagathi Hospital, where she was reported to be in stable condition.
The reported attack drew the attention of members of the public, who confronted Mutola and reportedly attacked him using stones and other crude weapons.
He sustained serious injuries and died at the scene.
Police officers responded to the incident and found Mutola’s body lying on the ground.
The scene was processed and documented before the body was removed and taken to City Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.
Police have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the reported stabbing and Mutola’s death.
In a separate incident, a 90-year-old woman died at her homestead in Ganze, Kilifi County, following an attack that police said may have been linked to claims by some family members that she practised witchcraft.
The elderly woman, identified as Mwenda Charo, a Giriama woman, was attacked by an unknown assailant on August 15, 2026.
Police received a report of the incident at Ganze Police Station at about 9.32 pm, with preliminary information indicating that the attack occurred at around 7.30 pm.
Charo was seated outside her house when an unknown attacker approached her and struck her on the head with a sharp object.
Police said the attack caused fatal injuries, with the woman dying at the scene.
They found the woman’s body lying in a pool of blood, with a deep cut on the right side of her head.
Preliminary police information indicated that Charo had previously faced claims from some members of her family that she was a witch.
In 2025, she was reportedly taken to a traditional healer for what was described as a cleansing ritual.
Police processed and documented the scene before removing the body to the Kilifi County Referral Hospital mortuary, where it was preserved pending an autopsy.
Detectives have launched investigations to establish the circumstances of the death and identify the person behind the attack and establish what led to it.
