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Boy, 16, stabs stepfather to death over plate of food

A fight over food turned fatal in Chepkoin village Belgut Constituency after a 15-year-old boy stabbed his 50 years-old stepfather to death over the plate of food for supper.

Belgut Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) Phillip Okello said after committing the crime, the minor fled the scene and attempted to take his own life in his hideout in an attempt to evade arrest.

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