Crime

A patient has been tragically killed in a ward at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, prompting an investigation by detectives. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The male patient was found lifeless in his bed with a slashed throat, according to both hospital and police sources. Other patients …

Two individuals, suspected to be members of a gang causing distress in Milimani Estate, were killed this morning. A local resident told media that the suspects had been involved in several robberies targeting pedestrians and home break-ins. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The suspects were reportedly attacked by …

A man who recently returned to Pakistan with his family from the United States has confessed to killing his teenage daughter over objections to her TikTok videos, police confirmed to the BBC. Anwar ul-Haq, a US citizen, admitted to shooting his 13- or 14-year-old daughter, Hira Anwar, in the southwestern …

A man was lynched for allegedly attempting to kill his uncle in Kaloleni, Machakos County. According to Machakos County Police Commander Patrick Lobolia, the man was beaten by a mob after reportedly attacking his uncle in the Kaloleni area on Wednesday. The mob caught him before the situation escalated further. …

Police in Nairobi have arrested a man who was carrying a dismembered body in a backpack, suspected to be that of his 19-year-old wife. Officers encountered 29-year-old John Kiama Wambua while on patrol in Huruma, Nairobi’s eastern district, before dawn. A statement from the Kenyan Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) …

Two men have been arrested for stealing Ksh 500,000 from a locked car in Nairobi. According to a statement released by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on January 23, 2025, the suspects were apprehended in a joint operation involving DCI officers from Embakasi and the manager of NCBA Bank’s …

A 23-year-old man from Orongo village, on the outskirts of Kisumu city, was fatally injured over the weekend in a confrontation related to a wheelbarrow. According to the victim’s father, the young man had previously worked for a local contractor and left his wheelbarrow on the job site after not …

Joyce Akinyi Ochieng, a convicted drug trafficker, has received a 25-year prison sentence from the Chief Magistrate’s Court at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for her role in a heroin trafficking operation valued at Sh5.6 million. This marks the conclusion of a lengthy legal process that began in 2019. The case …

Police in Chesikaki, Mt. Elgon, Bungoma County have launched an investigation into the death of a 23-year-old woman allegedly killed by her father. Maurice Toto, 41, reportedly assaulted his daughter, Esther Nasimiyu, on Thursday night following a disagreement over a family matter. Nasimiyu’s body was found in her room on …

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a 30-year-old man accused of masterminding a complex fraud operation using stolen national identity cards. The suspect, named Charles Kuria Kamau, was captured after a days-long manhunt following a theft from a locked vehicle on January 3. Kuria was traced …