An aggrieved widow sparked
a mild drama as she sat in the grave to prevent her husband’s burial, few weeks
after he was murdered.
The thirty-three year-old
man, Edward Mwangi was murdered in a farm and sustained serious cuts after
being stabbed eight times on December 3, 2018. The aggrieved widow who
alongside other relatives was not satisfied with the way the police have
handled the murder case, say in the grave to prevent her husband’s burial.
Edward Mwangi’s wife and
his two cousins sat inside his grave for over two hours, demanding that their
kin’s body be taken back to the mortuary.
“Why was the suspect
released hours after he was arrested? It is very painful. There’s no burial
which is going to take place here,” Mary Wangare, the widow, said.
“We cannot allow the
killers to walk free as we reel in pain,” she added. Attempts by Dundori MCA
Michael Chege to calm them were futile.
the incident occurred at
Wanyororo in Bahati, Nakuru County, Kenya. Though the main murder suspect who
surrendered himself to the police also presented the knife he allegedly used to
kill the deceased, however the family of the deceased claimed they were not
issued with any OB number at the Bahati Police Station and that the suspect was
released the same day.
However by 3pm, Mwangi’s
father lost his temperament and ordered his son to be buried. Four men went
inside the grave, and forced the three ‘protesters’ out after shouts and
exchange of fists.
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