Shock as Nyeri man kills two children then tries to commit suicide

Thika residents peep into a house in which a man allegedly killed his two children and tried to commit suicide in Kiganjo estate. The man allegedly stabbed the children in the chest before taking poison and stabbing himself in the chest. [Kamau Maichuhie, Standard]

A man is said to have killed his two children before he attempted to commit suicide at Kiganjo estate in Thika on Tuesday night.

James Kioho is said to have stabbed his seven-year-old son and two-year-old daughter at his house at around 7.30pm.