A 45-year-old man has allegedly killed his 30-year-old wife and their two-year-old child before taking his own life in a shocking incident at Lower Kwandoo Village in Mwala, Machakos County.
The man is reported to have stabbed his wife and their young child to death before hanging himself inside their home.
The incident has left residents of the village shocked, with police launching investigations to establish what may have led to the deaths of the three family members.
Confirming the incident, Mwala Sub-County Police Commander Catherine Kagwiria said detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had already commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Kagwiria said the detectives were working to establish the events that preceded the killings and the motive behind the suspected murder-suicide.
The bodies of the three family members were subsequently removed from the scene by police officers and transferred to the mortuary at Machakos Level Five Hospital, where they are being preserved pending postmortem examinations.
Investigators are expected to examine the scene, gather evidence and establish the sequence of events that led to the deaths.
Police have not yet disclosed whether there had been previous domestic disputes or reports of conflict within the family before the incident.
The circumstances surrounding the tragedy remain unclear as detectives continue with their investigations.
The incident adds to concerns over cases of family-related violence, particularly those involving the loss of innocent lives, including children.
Authorities are yet to release further details as they seek to establish what happened inside the family home before the three bodies were discovered.
The investigation is expected to provide more details on the circumstances surrounding the deaths and whether any warning signs had been reported before the tragedy.
Police have urged anyone with relevant information that could assist investigators to come forward as efforts continue to piece together the events leading to the deaths of the three family members.
