Police in Kenya have arrested a person carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly stated belonged to his 19-year-old spouse.
Officers got here throughout 29-year-old John Kiama Wambua whereas patrolling Huruma, a district east of Nairobi, simply earlier than daybreak.
Suspecting Wambua was carrying one thing unlawful, they searched his backpack and “to their shock” discovered the physique elements, stated an announcement from Kenya’s Directorate of Legal Investigations (DCI).
That is removed from an remoted case – Kenya has one of many highest charges of femicide, or killings with a gender-related motivation, in Africa.
After cops interrogated Mr Wambua, he advised them that the physique elements belonged to his spouse, Pleasure Fridah Munani, in line with the DCI assertion.
He appeared “unperturbed” by the officers’ discovery, it stated.
After the interrogation, Mr Wambua led the officers to his residence, the place they found a knife, blood-soaked garments and extra physique elements below a mattress.
The DCI described the act as “heinous”, including that the suspect shall be formally charged with homicide throughout an upcoming courtroom listening to.
Between August and October final 12 months, at the very least 97 girls had been murdered, Kenya’s Nationwide Police Service stated.
In December, tons of of girls protesting in opposition to a current wave of femicides took to the streets of the capital, Nairobi. They had been reportedly met by police firing teargas.
Kenya has seen a number of high-profile murders of girls. In September 2024, Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei was killed by her former associate.
The 33-year-old died days after being doused in petrol and set alight at her residence in western Kenya.
Earlier that 12 months, in a case that sparked widespread outrage, a younger girl named Rita Waeni was brutally murdered at a short-term rental house. The police stated she was dismembered and stuffed right into a plastic bag.
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