A fight between a group of friends over a football match ended tragically after one man died in a Naivasha estate. James Muturi was hit on the head with a stone when a row ensued between supporters of the English Premier League team Arsenal that had lost 1-2 to Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. The group was watching the live match that was being aired on television when the incident occurred on Sunday night.
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The incident took place at Kinamba centre along the Naivasha-Kirima road. Muturi was left bleeding from his head outside a petrol station located a few metres from the bar where the friends were drinking. Following the Sunday night incident, police have launched a manhunt for the attackers as friends and relatives tried to come to terms with the incident. A witness identified only as Peter said the friends were drinking together when an argument arose over a goal that one of the teams had scored.
“This degenerated into name-calling and the deceased was chased out of the bar and later attacked and left unconscious,” he said. Muturi's body was found on the streets yesterday morning.
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Meanwhile, a man thought to be mentally ill committed suicide at Nduro village in Naivasha a week after arriving from Meru where he worked. The 31-year-old took his life hours after asking his family members to repent their sins so that they could be accepted in heaven.
