A 35-year-old man from Turkana South sub-county has killed his two-year-old son following an altercation with his wife over hospital visit.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect had disagreed with his wife over her intentions to take their sick son to hospital as he insisted that his wife should instead look after his goats.
In a statement on Tuesday, the DCI stated, “Before the incident which occurred at around 1pm in Lopur village, Eyenae Ekwom, 35, had quarreled his wife over her intentions to take the 2-year-old to hospital, since the baby was feeling unwell. Instead, he wanted his wife to tend to his goats oblivious of the state of his sick child.”
The sleuths added that after the wife defied him, the man attacked her and the child.
“When his wife became defiant and insisted on taking the baby to the local dispensary for treatment, the man descended on them with blows and kicks leaving the baby unconscious after he hit him with a stick,” the DCI added.
Unfortunately, the baby was pronounced dead on arrival at a local dispensary. The mother sustained injuries on her face and legs.
Detectives are on a manhunt for the 35-year-old suspect who went into hiding.
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