A 24-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Kikuyu, Kiambu County, in a suspected robbery incident.
The incident was reported after a resident heard screams along a nearby road at about 5:30am on Tuesday.
According to police, the resident had just returned home behind Leestar Supermarket after escorting his child to the school bus when he heard the screams.
About five minutes later, he went outside and saw two men running away. He then checked the area and found the body of an unidentified man lying face down in a ditch.
Police responded to the scene and identified the deceased as Stephen Mwaniki, 24.
Police said Mwaniki was found unresponsive in a pool of blood and had sustained several stab wounds believed to have been inflicted with a sharp object.
CSI personnel from Kiambu County processed and documented the scene before the body was moved to St Teresa Hospital Mortuary pending a postmortem examination.
Police have launched investigations to identify and trace the suspects.
Decomposing body of unidentified man recovered in Likoni
A decomposing body of an unidentified middle-aged man has been recovered beneath Mteza Bridge along the Dongo Kundu Bypass in Likoni, Mombasa County.
The body was reported at around 1:05pm on October 6 after it was spotted on the shores of the Indian Ocean within Mbuta Location.
Police visited the scene and found the body of an unidentified African male adult lying near the water.
Police suspect the man may have drowned elsewhere and that his body was carried by water tides to the location.
The scene was processed before the body was removed to the Coast General Hospital mortuary for preservation.
The deceased is yet to be identified. Police are awaiting identification and a postmortem examination to establish the cause and circumstances of his death.
Licensed firearm reported stolen during South C hardware shop burglary
Police in Nairobi are investigating the burglary of a hardware shop in South C, where a licensed firearm was reported stolen after suspected burglars gained entry through the roof.
The incident was reported on Tuesday, October 6.
According to police, workers arriving for duty at around 7:15am noticed an opening on the iron-sheet roof of the premises and alerted the owner.
The owner, a licensed firearm holder, was asked to confirm whether a firearm he had left in his office drawer on Saturday, October 3, was still there.
Upon checking, the firearm, identified as a Sarsilmaz pistol, was found missing.
Preliminary investigations by National Police Service officers who visited the scene established that the suspects had cut through the iron-sheet roof to gain entry.
The burglars also disconnected the DVR power cable, Wi-Fi power supply and RJ45 cables, apparently affecting the shop's surveillance system.
Two three-core 2.5mm flexible cables were also reported missing.
Police are investigating the burglary and the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the firearm.
The owner was questioned as part of the investigations.
