Irate residents of Karagita estate in Naivasha have lynched a 30-year-old man who brutally murdered a six year old boy after the mother rejected him.
In a love gone sour incident, the man who was recently released from prison turned his anger to the minor slashing his neck leading to his death.
The minor who was asleep when the attack occurred died while been rushed to Naivasha sub-county hospital before the residents caught up with the suspect who left jail two months ago.
Emotions ran high in the homestead after the weekend incident as relatives and neighbors tried to come to terms with the attack that left many in shock.
According to Monicah Mumbi who is the aunt to the minor, the suspect had on several occasions threatened the family.
She said that in one of the incident, her sister who had a relationship with the suspect reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest.
“He left jail a couple of months back but he kept threatening that he would kill my sister and later turn the knife unto himself,” she said.
Tears flowing down her cheeks, Mumbi narrated how the suspect tried to attack her sister whom managed to escape leaving the minor alone in the house.
“He stabbed the minor all over the body before members of the public moved in and rushed him to hospital but he died along the way,” she said.
A community leader Moses Wanyeki narrated how the managed to grab the bleeding minor from the suspect and rushed him to hospital.
Wanyeki termed the suspect as a known criminal who in the past had been arrested on several occasions for a series of criminal activities.
“We were woken by screams and rushing to the home we found the man holding the minor and we rescued him but sadly he died while on the way to hospital,” he said.
A neighbor John Mwangi said that the couple had in the past quarreled after the woman decided to leave the man over his continuous threats.
“This incident has left as in shock after the man decided to kill the innocent boy who had nothing to do with the couples differences,” he said.
Naivasha OCPD Samuel Waweru confirmed the incident adding that an inquest file had been opened and the two bodies taken to Naivasha mortuary.