Detectives are hunting for a gang that stabbed and killed a barber in a robbery in the Kaptembwo area, Nakuru Town.
The gang seems to have known the deceased well and wanted to get money that was in his mobile phone, his family and police said.
Police said Yusuf Chacha died in hospital on Monday after he had been stabbed in an attack in the London area on July 22.
His wife told police she was awoken by a knock on the door and upon opening she was accosted by an unknown man who was in the company of her husband’s friend known as only Peter.
The unknown man immediately grabbed her and held a knife to her neck he had.
According to the woman, he also had her husband’s mobile phone which he commanded her to give out the security unlock pattern.
She told them she did not know the code prompting the man to abandon her and grab her daughter threatening to harm her.
According to the woman, he held the knife against her neck threatening her that if she didn’t give him the pattern he would slit the child’s throat.
At that point, she said, she fought back prompting the two men to rush out for their dear lives as she screamed for help.
A few hours later another friend not known to her came and informed her that her husband had been rushed to hospital after he was stabbed by unknown persons.
They later went to Nakuru PGH where they were informed that Yusuf had succumbed to injuries while being attended to by medics.
Police say they are yet to make an arrest or know the motive of the incident.
The body is preserved at the mortuary pending an autopsy and probe.
In Mathira, Karatina, Nyeri County, a Junior Secondary School teacher was found dead in his house.
The cause of the death of Samuel Kariuki Gachingiri, 29, of Ihwagi Primary School is yet to be known.
He had failed to report to school prompting his colleagues to visit his house to establish what was happening.
According to police, it was then that his body was found lying dead on his bed on July 23.
The body of the teacher was moved to the local mortuary pending autopsy.
