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Man kills three-year-old niece, hacks mother in Nyandarua

Policemen escort Joel Gachao to a Police van on June 28, 2018 after he killed the daughter of his sister and seriously injured his mother before attempting to commit suicide. [Photo: John Ndungu]

Police in Nyandarua are holding a 27-year-old man suspected of killing his three-year-old niece and assaulting his mother.

The suspect was said to have travelled from Nairobi to his home in Kieni village, where he attacked his mother before killing his niece with a machete yesterday morning.

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