Police in Ndhiwa Sub-county, Homa Bay, have arrested a 16-year-old student for allegedly stabbing and killing her boyfriend.
The girl was apprehended at her family’s home where the body of the 21-year-old man was found in a pool of blood.
The area chief said the student arrived home on Friday evening for the midterm school break.
The chief said her family later heard commotion at the back of the house and that upon checking, they found her boyfriend’s body.
“My office liaised with police officers from Ndhiwa who arrested the suspect at the home,” he said as reported by Nation.
The suspect is said to have attacked the man using a kitchen knife.
The victim, a casual labourer at a local farm, was stabbed in the chest, police said, adding the knife reached his internal organs, leading to his death at the scene.
They said on Monday that the two may have had a fight.
Homa Bay County Police Commander Esther Seroney said the suspect will be charged with murder.
“The knife was subjected to forensic analysis. The results showed that it was the weapon used in the murder,” she said.
She advised students against love affairs to prevent such incidents.
The body was taken to the morgue at the Homa Bay County Referral Hospital.
This is not the first time a teenager has been charged for murder in the recent past.
An year ago a teenager was charged with nine counts of murder and arson in the deaths of her schoolmates in a fire at their boarding school last month.
With the string of sensational gruesome and senseless killings, concern has peaked in the country on the safety of Kenyans in relationships who seem to be the main casualties.
Though no explanation is offered for the murders or the gender of those involved, cases involving relationships have been on the rise.
Danger beckons everywhere you look. And the victims cut across all ages and gender.
Are people more than before now quick to anger and kill for revenge or to fix relationship issues?