Man chops friends genitals over beer

Nyeri, Kenya: A man in Kahuro sub-county chopped off his friend's genitalia after he refused to buy him a bottle of beer.

Witnesses said the victim, John Chege, 44, was accosted by the attacker who demanded to know why he had refused to buy him a beer at a local pub.

The two then engaged in a fight before the suspect pulled a knife from his pocked, which he used to commit the crime.

Good Samaritans rushed the victim to Muriranja Sub-District Hospital after they found him crawling in pain near Mukumu Secondary School.

Mburu Kairu, a medical officer, said the victim underwent surgery to re-connect the genitals.