Fear has gripped Wataalam village in Ruiru, Kiambu County after a lactating woman was stabbed by a masked criminal who broke into her house and attempted to steal her baby.
According to Grace Gitonga, a mother of one, the man yet to be identified accessed their single-roomed house at 3am using a master key when they were asleep before a confrontation ensued.
In what suggests that the masked assailant was only after the baby, he removed a knife and stabbed Gitonga in the neck after she relentlessly fought to protect her baby.
All the while, Gitonga’s husband (Collins Otieno) was deep asleep and only woke up after the wife started screaming.
Otieno, who initially thought the wife sleeping next to him was dreaming was astonished to find her bleeding profusely and that is when she saw the suspect leave the house.
He later rushed the wife to Ruiru District Hospital where she was treated and discharged. Otieno said efforts to pursue the criminal were unproductive as he managed to run away unhurt.
Residents of the sprawling village took issue with police in the sub-county for failing to contain growing insecurity that they said has resulted in the deaths of two women in the last two weeks.
Top security organs from the constituency said they were aware of the matter and had launched a manhunt for the man who stabbed the lactating woman.
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