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Man stabs wife to death, attempts to kill self

The body of Joyce Wangari, 32, being taken away. The woman was stabbed to death by her husband after a quarrel at Kiganjo Estate in Thika on Wednesday. [Photo: Kamau Maichuhie/Standard]

A man stabbed his estranged wife to death before turning the knife on himself at Kiganjo Estate in Thika.

According to neighbours, George Njenga Chege, 40, picked a quarrel with his wife Joyce Wangari, 32, on Wednesday evening which degenerated into a fight.

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