Residents of Mwangulu village in Kwale County were left in shock after Mwamkono Chaka, a 70-year-old man, was brutally hacked to death outside his house on Saturday night.
According to police reports, unknown assailants ambushed Chaka as he stood near his home. His wife, who was inside the house during the attack, managed to escape unharmed, narrowly avoiding the same fate.
Chaka was killed on the spot, and the motive behind the murder remains unclear as investigations are underway.
His body has since been moved to the mortuary for a postmortem examination, as detectives work to identify the killers and piece together the circumstances surrounding the attack.
