Suspected serial killer dies in prison

Suspected Kisumu serial killer Harrison Okumu was killed by fellow inmates at Kodiaga main prison, Nyanza regional prison Commandant Amos Misik said on Wednesday evening.

The 27-year-old met his death in one of the prison cells.

Mr Okumu was arrested in Mombasa and remanded in the Kisumu prison for the 2013 killings of seven people.

Mr Misik said he was informed of the killing by the officer in charge, Mr Aggrey Onyango, who said that Mr Okumu had been attacked by three other inmates.

His case was still pending before court by the time of his death.