A 16-year-old teenager is being held at the Mbita Police Station on suspicion of killing his mother in Kitare Village, Homa Bay County.
The 39-year-old mother, known as Nelis Ogutu, was allegedly fatally hacked by the suspect, a form four student at Nyatoto Mixed Secondary School, with a machete.
Assistant Chief Moses Sirawa of Kayanja Sub Location reports that the suspect attacked his mother shortly after dinner on Thursday night after coming home from school.
According to Sirawa, police believe the youngster may have had mental health issues when he performed the horrific act.
For some reason, he killed the deceased by strangling her first, and then hacked her with a machete.
When neighbors heard disturbances at the widow’s house, they hurried to the scene and apprehended the offender.
The deceased’s body was brought to the mortuary in Kirindo.
