BY OLIVIA MUNGWANA
A woman in Muranga is being sought by police after she is suspected of killing her two-year-old son.
Nancy Muniro who is 21 years old is alleged to have stabbed her two sons, aged two and four years at Kianjogu village in Kahuro, killing the younger one instantly.
According to a tweet by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday morning revealed that the suspect had travelled upcountry about a fortnight ago to see her children, who stay with their grandmother, over the holidays.
“The kids’ grandmother hoped it would be a precious bonding moment between mother and sons as she stepped out of her house in the morning only for her daughter to turn the killer knife against her little angels at their grandmother’s house, before attempting suicide,” DCI tweeted.
According to Lucy Muthoni who is the area assistant chief, Munjiro works as a house help in the area and was yet to report back to her place of work for unknown reasons.
The investigators established that the suspect’s mother came back to find her grandchildren soaked in blood and sprawled on the floor. The two-year-old had already died, but the older boy had a faint pulse
He was rushed to Muriranjas hospital before being referred to Murang’a County Referral Hospital in serious condition.
Police who visited the scene recovered a rope hanging from the roof and took the body to the morgue awaiting autopsy.
The suspect is still at large.
