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Man kills wife in Nyandarua then hangs himself

Locals on August 31, 2020 carry one of the bodies from the scene where a man killed his wife and later hanged himself in Shamata, Nyandarua County.

Photo credit: Steve Njuguna | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The couple’s 14-year-old daughter stumbled on her mother’s lifeless body on Monday morning.
  • The man reportedly killed his 35-year-old wife using a kitchen knife and an axe before hanging himself.
  • The bodies were moved to the Nyahururu County Referral Hospital mortuary.

A 41-year old man on Sunday night killed his wife and later hanged himself in Shamata, Nyandarua County in yet another incident of domestic violence in the region.

The man identified as Anthony Ng’ang’a reportedly killed his 35-year-old wife Jane Wairimu using a kitchen knife and an axe before hanging himself outside their house at Ex-Ndeiya village in Ndaragwa Constituency.