Father killed and body set on fire by relatives

Residents mill around a pit latrine where police recovered murder weapons in Matunda, Gatanga, yesterday.[Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

A Good Friday spent registering family on Huduma Namba and drinking liquor later turned tragic for a Gatanga man after he was butchered and his body set on fire by his spouse.

By last evening, the man’s wife and her three daughters were placed in police custody, accused of killing John Maina, setting his body on fire and then attempting to bury him.