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German married to Kenyan woman shoots himself after losing property to relatives

A German living in Diani, Kwale County shot himself after losing properties worth millions to persons close to him.
82-year-old Wolfgang Theodor Fischer was a depressed man suffering from prostate cancer and struggling to pay his medical bills, according to close friends and police.

In a suicide note addressed to Officer Commanding Station (OCS) Diani Police station, Fischer protested a number of issues among them wrangles with his in-laws over property, his deteriorating health condition and how he lost prime plots to people he knew.

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