Mentally ill man stabs wife to death

A mentally ill man stabbed his wife to death in an incident that left Gilgil residents in shock.

The man had just returned home from a local dispensary where he was treated and discharged.

The woman was staying at her in-laws' house with her husband.

Pastor Alex Karuri from the Trinity United Methodist Church told the Nation that they had taken the man to the hospital for treatment earlier in the day.

The cleric escorted the man to his parents’ house, which is near the dispensary where he went to sleep.

“He woke up at noon and was violent. His elderly mother called me to assist the family contain him,” said Pastor Karuri.

He said the man was calm and later said he had gone to visit his friend. The pastor and mother followed the man, who turned back and said he did not find his friend.

“He hurriedly returned to his mother’s house as we followed him, but could not keep up with his pace,” he said.

Moments later, they heard screams from the home and rushed there only to find the woman lying in a pool of blood with her husband holding a bloody kitchen knife in his hands.

“He threatened to attack a young man who attempted to disarm him but was overpowered by neighbours who had responded to the distress call,” said Pastor Karuri.
Gilgil OCS Selah Koki said police are investigating the incident. The man is being held at Gilgil Police Station.