Police in Thika Hunting for the man who stabbed to death a 19 year old Student
Police in Thika now on field sports for the man who stabbed to death a 19-year-old Celestine Muthengei; an apparent case of love that had turned sour.
Otieno Cynthia 
Celestine Muthengei, a second-year Community Development student in Thika, was allegedly attacked in her hostel room at around 8 pm on Monday.
she was attacked by a jilted lover who accused her of cheating on him. ‘ulidhani sitakupata. Unani-cheat (you thought I wouldn’t find you. You are cheating on me)', the man claimed.
The roommates however reported that they know the boyfriend and he is not the one who attacked them; “We know Muthengei’s boyfriend and he is not the one who attacked her. We have never seen the man and we don’t know who he is.”
The man drew a knife from his coat pocket and started stabbing her senselessly. Celestine sustained deep stabs in the chest, back, head and limbs, and succumbed to her injuries on arrival at Thika Level 5 Hospital.
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Her roommates demanded justice for their friend, appealing to the police officers to speed up investigations and apprehend the assailant.
“He must be prosecuted and jailed for the heinous act,” one student said.
