Another JKUAT student stabbed barely a month after killing of fresher
Ureport
By
Fay Ngina
| Mar 05, 2019
Another student from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) was stabbed on Monday evening 4 March in Juja, Highpoint.
The student, Mofasa Shawn was stabbed by thieves at around 5.30 pm while walking with his girlfriend. Shawn’s girlfriend screamed during the attack that caught the attention of people who rushed to the scene.
The thief attacking the girlfriend escaped but the one who stabbed Shawn was not lucky. He caught by an angry mob and was burnt to death.
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Fortunately, Shawn survived the attack and is currently receiving treatment at Thika Level 5 hospital.
The attack comes barely a month after a first year student Tabitha Muthoni, was stabbed to death on February 7 as she resisted thugs.
She was walking together with a friend near Segal Hotel when they were ambushed by thugs who demanded their cellphones.
Jkuat students have taken to social media using the #Jujakillings to ask the police to look into the recent killings.