Man shot dead in his home in Kilifi
A 70-year-old man was shot dead by a masked gunman who raided his home in Viambani Village, Ganze Sub-County, Kilifi County, on Tuesday night. The deceased, Malingi Kiwayi Weru Kauma, was attacked at about 9.30pm by a lone assailant who arrived on an unidentified motorcycle and was armed with a suspected short firearm. According to [...] The post Man shot dead in his home in Kilifi appeared first…
A 70-year-old man named Malingi Kiwayi Weru Kauma was killed in his home in Viambani Village, Ganze Sub-County, Kilifi County on Tuesday night. The unidentified attacker, who arrived on a motorcycle, fired a single shot at the victim as he was being identified by a relative. The bullet struck the deceased in the mouth and exited through his neck before the assailant fled the scene.
Police have stated that Kauma was a land-sale businessman in the Ganze and Kauma sub-counties, but the motive for the murder remains unknown. His body was taken to the Kilifi County Referral Hospital Mortuary for a postmortem examination. Police also found an unidentified man in Mucheene Forest in Buuri East Sub-County, Meru County, who had died there on Tuesday evening.
The man was discovered by officers from the Mt Kenya Conservancy Trust, and his body showed no obvious injuries aside from partial ant bites on his head, face, and eyes. Police are currently investigating the identity and cause of death for both victims.
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