Police in Kisumu have arrested a man after he stabbed a 15 -year old boy to death on Sunday morning, May 23.
The 26-year-old boda boda rider also stabbed and seriously wounded another boy aged 13 during the Sunday incident at Rae village in Kolwa central location in Kisumu East subcounty.
The attack was reported by the landlady and a village elder.
According to county police commander Samuel Anampiu, the landlady identified as Beatrice Owino heard a commotion at the house at around 5.45 am.
“She moved closer and spotted the 13-year-old boy writhing in pain outside the house, bleeding profusely. When she opened the door, she saw another boy lying in a pool of blood, already dead,” Anampiu said.
According to preliminary findings, the suspect, identified as Stephen Opiyo, who is said to be a family friend, spent the night in the same house as the two boys.
” At 5.45 am, he stabbed the two boys with a kitchen knife and fled the scene,” the county police commander said.
He said the 13 year old had four stab wounds in the neck and was rushed to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in critical condition.
“The boy who died had several stab wounds in his neck and another deep cut on his right hand,” he added.
His body was taken to the mortuary of the regional referral hospital for a postmortem as the investigation into the incident began.
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