A 40-year-old parking attendant died after he was
allegedly overpowered and fatally injured during a fight over parking fees in
Kianjaro area of Shimanzi, Mombasa county.
The deceased, identified as Evans Odhiambo, was involved in a disagreement with a fellow parking attendant over payment of a parking fee for a trailer at around 12:10 am on Sunday, October 4, 2026, police and witnesses said.
According to police, the disagreement escalated into a physical confrontation during which the assailant allegedly overpowered Odhiambo.
Odhiambo fell to the ground and died at the scene.
Police officers from Makupa Police Station and DCI Urban visited and processed the scene.
The deceased’s body was found with no visible injuries and was transferred to the Coast General Hospital Mortuary, where it was preserved pending an autopsy.
The suspect reportedly fled the scene after the incident.
Police have launched investigations and efforts to trace and arrest the suspect are underway. He had not been found by Monday.
Elsewhere, a 32-year-old man was found stabbed to death inside his house in Essumba Village, Emmabwi Sub-Location, Ebukanga Location in Emuhaya, Vihiga county.
The deceased, identified as Ezekiel Andayi Ateko, was discovered dead on Saturday evening, October 3, 2026, after members of the public alerted police about a suspected murder.
According to officers who visited the scene, they found Andayi lying dead on the floor of his house with stab wounds to his stomach and intestines.
His wife told police that the deceased had returned home at around 4pm complaining that unidentified people were following him with the intention of harming him.
She said she subsequently left the house to go to the river and returned at around 6pm, only to find her husband lying dead.
Police processed the scene before removing the body to Coptic Hospital Mortuary, where it was preserved pending an autopsy.
Investigations have been launched to establish the motive for the killing and identify those responsible.
In a different incident, a 25-year-old man died after he was allegedly stabbed in the chest with a sharp object and dumped in a sewage trench near Ronald Ngala Primary School in Dandora, Nairobi.
The deceased, identified as Refoum Ouma, was found injured in the early hours of Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Ouma’s brother rushed him to Brother Andre Hospital in Dandora Phase 4, where officers found him receiving first aid.
Police observed a stab wound to his chest, with no other visible injuries.
He was subsequently referred to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital for further treatment but succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.
His body was preserved at the hospital mortuary pending autopsy.
Police said the motive for the killing and the identity of the perpetrator had not yet been established.
Investigations have commenced as officers work to establish the circumstances surrounding the fatal stabbing.
