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Man beheads his grandmother and surrenders to police carrying the head

The man who allegedly chopped off his grandmother's head at Nyalenda slum in Kisumu County and carried it to Kisumu Central Police Station on April 5, 2021. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

Kisumu residents were Monday afternoon treated to a shocking incident after a middle-aged man murdered his grandmother, chopped off her head and presented it to police officers at Kisumu Central Station.

In a bizarre incident that left even police officers manning the station's OB desk baffled, the 24-year-old Kelvin Akal presented himself at the station after committing the heinous act.

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