Love Triangle: Man Killed While Trying To Save Mother-In-Law From Attack

KERICHO Kenya -February 8 -A middle-aged man was on Thursday, February 8 stabbed to death by an enraged woman in Kipkoiyan, Belgut sub-county, in a suspected love triangle.

According to the police and eyewitnesses, the man was stabbed to death while attempting to rescue his mother-in-law, who was allegedly fighting with another woman over a man.

The man, who lived in rental houses on the same plot as his mother-in-law, heard the commotion from the adjacent rental houses and rushed to investigate.

Residents of the plot claimed the two were fighting over a man who was in a sexual relationship with the assailant, but they had heard rumors that the other woman was also having a similar affair.

An argument erupted between the two, which eventually escalated into a physical confrontation.

The deceased intervened and attempted to separate the two, leading to the fatal attack.

After pulling his mother-in-law aside, the jilted woman took out a kitchen knife, intending to stab her rival, and aimed at her, but it pierced through the man’s neck, killing him on the spot.