TAITA, KENYA: Police have arrested a middle aged man for allegedly killing his step father over inheritance saga in Taita-Taveta County.
The County Police Commandant Richard Bitonga said the suspect murdered the deceased after he found him with his mother at their home in Chumvini in Taveta district last night.
“The suspect has been against the marriage of his mother to the deceased after his father died four years ago. There has always been bad blood between the suspect and his deceased step father,” said the police boss.
“What annoyed the suspect is when he found the deceased with his mother in the house. He confronted him and chased him out of the house. The suspect later killed the deceased a few meters away from their house,” said Mr Bitonga.
Speaking to The Standard on Tuesday, the police boss said the body of the deceased was found lying in a pool of blood along the road by members of the public who alerted police.
“The deceased was slashed several times with a machete because the body had deep cuts,” he said.
The body was later removed and taken to Taveta district hospital for postmortem, he said.
“The suspect is in our custody and investigations into the 8 pm incident had been launched. We will take him to court once we are through with our investigations,” added the police boss.
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