JKUAT student on the run after stabbing woman

A JKUAT student is on the run after allegedly stabbing a woman in Juja, Kiambu on March 23, 2019. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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  • In a statement, the police said that Mr Simon Angwenyi stabbed the woman identified as Ms Christine Ndunge Peter twice on the abdomen.

Police officers in Juja, Kiambu County on Saturday launched a manhunt for a fourth year student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology who on Saturday morning stabbed his girlfriend.

In a statement, the police said that Mr Simon Angwenyi stabbed the woman identified as Ms Christine Ndunge Peter twice on the abdomen.

Ms Ndunge was later taken to the Thika Level V Hospital. Mr Angwenyi vanished after committing the crime.

The police said that the victim was in a stable condition and that “efforts to trace the victim were on progress.”