Woman killed after receiving strange phone call at night

Police are hunting for suspects who killed a woman in Cheptais sub-county, Mt Elgon constituency.

The assailants attacked Sarah Chebet with a machete and left her bleeding to death.

According to her sister Edna Nanjala, Chebet received a call from an unknown person asking to meet her on Saturday night.

Ms Nanjala said her sister seemed agitated by the call before stepping out.

"At first she declined, but when the caller persisted she left and never told us who she was meeting. We later found her dead," said Nanjala.

Neighbours later found Chebet's body lying in a pool of blood.

Kenneth Chesari, a neighbour, said passersby stumbled on Chebet's body and alerted her family.

Took nothing

According to Chesari, Chebet had been beaten before the attackers slashed the back of her neck.

"The assailants took nothing from her, her mobile phone was found beside her," he said.

Cheptais OCPD Phineas Ringera said the motive of the killing was unknown, but they were following leads.

“We are not sure who killed her and over what, but we have opened our investigations and we will soon zero in on some culprits,” said Ringera.

Cheptais ward representative Jane Chebet, who visited Cheptais police station yesterday evening, called for speedy investigations into the killing.

“We want suspects brought to book, we cannot allow young girls to be subjected to such a gruesome killings,” she said.