JKIA’s Aeronautical Engineer Stabbed To Death By Lover

A 33-year-old aeronautical engineer at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport  (JKIA) has died after allegedly being stabbed severally by his girlfriend, Vigilance Shighi.

The aeronautical engineer, Edward Okello is said to have had a conflict between him and his girlfriend which led to the 29-year-old woman fatally stabbing the engineer in Umoja.

The girlfriend who is now in police custody for the alleged murder of the 33-year-old boyfriend to death has only been identified as Vigilance Shighi.

Edward Okello is reported to have been rushed to the Mama Lucy hospital with the stab wounds bleeding profusely but he reportedly succumbed to the injuries as he was receiving treatment.

The alleged murder of the 33-year-old aeronautical engineer at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport was reported to the Buruburu police station at around 8.30 pm on Sunday the 10th of May by an officer attached to the IEBC.

Police officers who visited the Umoja house from the Buruburu police station discovered a pool of blood that is believed to be that of engineer Okello’s in the house’s living room.

The police officers also discovered a kitchen knife that had blood stains and is believed to be the murder weapon in the house where engineer Okello lived.

Vigilance shighi aged 29 years in umoja has killed his boyfriend Edward okelo aged 33 years old who works as an airplane engineer pic.twitter.com/s0yPL6s4TZ

— Borrow Yeng (@itsmadokaa) May 10, 2020

The rate of domestic violence has increased since COVID-19 outbreak hit Kenya with both sides of the gender facing the consequences of what experts are now terming as depression in the wake of difficult financial terms.

More than twenty-five people have been butchered in domestic violence and the cases range from toddlers, teenagers, adults to old grannies.

In the month of April 2020 alone which is yet to end, more than ten people were butchered in domestic violence while several of the cases were committed by sexual perverts who defiled the minors.

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