Man hacks wife to death over online chatting

Bomet, Thursday, June, 22, 2023,

KNA by Kipngeno Korir

Police in Bomet have arrested a man who surrendered at the station after killing his wife for allegedly engaging in online chats with another lover.

Chepalungu Sub County Police Commander Phanton Analo said the suspect Ishmael Langat surrendered to the police after hacking her to death with a machete on suspension that she was having an extramarital affair with a man online.

Preliminary reports into the incident indicated that the 21year old man suspect caught his 25-year-old wife whose name was withheld until her next of kin were informed flirting with other men in her Facebook account.

Analo said the suspect who lost her temper before committing the heinous act had previously warned the deceased against the habit and his fears were confirmed after he reportedly noticed intimate chats on her Facebook account when she returned from college on Wednesday.

He said it was at this point that the suspect was outraged and in his bout of fury used a machete to hack his wife to death before surrendering to Makimeny police post.

The man is said to have sold his piece of land to educate his wife.

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been moved to Longisa referral hospital morgue.

Courtesy ; K. N. A