Man beheads pregnant wife over iron sheets

MIGORI COUNTY: A middle-aged man beheaded his pregnant wife following a family dispute over a bundle of iron sheets.

The man cut the woman severally in her body before chopping off her head after the dispute got bitter in the Wednesday incident.

Efforts by residents to rescue life of the unborn baby bore no fruit after the foetus was also pronounced dead.

Migori County Police Commander Clement Gatogo said police were investigating the incident and could not divulge more information about the case.

Witnesses said the man is a habitual drunk and has been quarrelling with his wife for the last one day over a proposal to sell the building materials which the wife turned down.

The deceased was a food stuff hawker at Ranen Market before.