Kenya: Couple suspected to have killed son, 6, for ritual

A young couple is being detained at Ndakaini police station in Gatanga, Murang’a county, for the killing of their six-year-old son. Zakayo Kamau, 24, and Naomi Wanjiru, 25, are suspected to have intercepted Ian Mwaura as he left school for home on May 22.

Police said the suspects are believed to have strangled to death the standard one pupils and chopped off his private parts. Gatanga police boss Samuel Mukusi yesterday said the couple then dumped the body in a latrine in a tea plantation.

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