Tragic Fight in Githurai 45 Club Leaves One Man Dead

A 26-year-old man was stabbed and killed in a fight in a club in Githurai 45, Kiambu County. He was attacked by a reveller following an altercation on January 18, 2026, police said. The body of Daniel Logolie was found in the bar with a deep cut on his back after the attack. The assailant escaped the scene soon after the incident. It is not clear what prompted the fatal attack in the club, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The hunt for the assailant continued on Monday, January 19, police said. Police said they had talked to witnesses in the case as part of their probe into the murder. Elsewhere in Kahuro, Muranga County, one Benedict Mwangi, 68, was killed in an altercation with his 24-year-old nephew. The body of the deceased was found lying at the gate of his neighbour long after the incident. The body had deep cuts on the left side of the abdomen and back. Police said the assailant escaped the scene after the murder. The body was moved to the mortuary for other procedures as police hunt for the killer. Meanwhile, a 33-year-old man was found dead with a stab wound in the chest after a domestic fight with her husband in a village in Wanguru, Kirinyaga County. Police said Simon Ngugi was stabbed once in the chest on January 17 following an altercation with his wife at their house. The man is said to have returned home late and got into a quarrel with his wife. The wife told police she picked up a kitchen knife that she used to stab the man and ran away. The deceased was found in a pool of blood minutes later and rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said. It was established that he had been stabbed on the left side of the chest, and his trousers had blood stains, but he had no shirt. Police said they arrested the woman for questioning over the murder. Elsewhere in Chuka, Tharaka Nithi County, a man hacked and killed a 61-year-old woman in a domestic feud. He also injured two others in the drama before locals came to their rescue. Police said the locals attacked and seriously wounded the suspected assailant before he was also rescued and rushed to the hospital. The other injured relatives were also rushed to the hospital with multiple injuries, police said of the Saturday incident. Police said the suspect was treated and discharged, and detained in custody pending arraignment as they identified the deceased as Priscah Kinyua. A panga believed to have been used in the murder was recovered at the scene. Witnesses said the assailant argued with the relatives before he turned violent and armed himself with the panga that he used in the attack. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.