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Police officers remove bodies from Absalom Kithaka's house. The 74-year-old killed himself and his family following a domestic feud. [Osinde Obare, Standard]
A 74-year-old man allegedly doused his house in petrol and set it ablaze, killing himself, his wife and four children at Toll Station in Trans Nzoia County yesterday.
Absalom Kithaka, a retired prison warder, is believed to have set his house on fire following a feud with his wife Christine Nekesa. Reports indicate he set the house ablaze as his family slept.
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