22-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her jilted lover inside their
rented apartment on Monday, July 25, at Kahawa Wendani Estate in Kiambu
County, Kenya.
The victim, Edinas Nyainda, was stabbed several times with a knife by
her 30-year-old lover, identified as Maxwell Okoth. According to
witnesses, the two had a disagreement after Nyainda, a recent Kenyatta
University graduate, threatened to leave him.
Residents told the Nation that the man attempted to
kill himself by stabbing himself in the stomach with the same knife he
used to stab her.
“I heard a commotion at around 3am and when I went to check, the
assailant threatened me with a knife, prompting me to call the police,”
said Evans Silange, a watchman guarding the premises.
Police used tear gas to access the rented room, located in an apartment
near Wendani’s Nakumatt Supermarket, after the killer threatened to
pursue anyone attempting to get inside. It took officers three hours to
break into his room, where they arrested the man and took him to the
Ruiru Police Station.
Ruiru MP Esther Gathogo, (pictured above consoling the victim’s sister)
who visited the scene, described the killing as shocking and saddening.
She urged couples to opt for peaceful ways to resolve differences.
“It is saddening when a young girl’s life is snuffed out by her lover
just because they differed. If people cannot live together it is better
to part ways,” she said
The body was taken to the City Mortuary pending investigation.
More photos of the victim below…
Watch the video of police officers struggling to break into the man’s room before he was arrested, below…