This archive report was first published on 31 August 2019.
On Friday night, a horrific incident occurred in Bomet County, leaving two children dead. The tragedy unfolded after a domestic dispute between Peter Langat and his wife over an undisclosed amount of money he had given her to purchase 4kg maize flour for the family.
According to Konoin Sub County Police Commander Alex Shikondi, the incident occurred at Shiomo village in Cheptalal, Konoin constituency, at around 10pm. The children's mother escaped unhurt and reported the matter to the police.
Shikondi explained that following the quarrel, the suspect's wife prepared food for the family in a hurry and took off to her brother-in-law's house in the neighbourhood to take refuge along with the children. However, the suspect allegedly followed them to his brother's home, where he slashed the children to death using a panga before fleeing the scene.
The victims, Boaz Kipkirui, 6, and his brother Elivias Kipkemoi, 4, were rushed to Cheptalal sub county hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival. It is claimed that the suspect was accusing his wife, an Early Childhood Education Development teacher, of keeping his earnings so as to move out with another man.
Police are now looking for the suspect, a casual labourer at Shiomo tea factory, and appealing to the public to volunteer information that may lead to his arrest. The bodies have been moved to Kapkatet hospital mortuary to await postmortem and subsequent release to the family for burial.
Published on August 31, 2019, at 10:09 am.
