{"id":126795,"date":"2025-12-16T12:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/teenager-stabbed-to-death-in-love-triangle-dispute-in-bungoma\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:05:49","slug":"teenager-stabbed-to-death-in-love-triangle-dispute-in-bungoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/teenager-stabbed-to-death-in-love-triangle-dispute-in-bungoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager stabbed to death in love triangle dispute in Bungoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 16-Police in Bungoma County have launched a manhunt for a suspect who fled after fatally stabbing a 19-year-old man during a confrontation allegedly sparked by a romantic dispute.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incident, recorded under Occurrence Book (OB) 02 of December 14, 2025, was reported at Misikhu Police Station in Webuye East Sub-County.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the deceased, identified as Joseph Wafula, was attacked on the evening of December 13 in Kewa Village.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigations indicate that Joseph had left home at around 6:00 pm in the company of his nephew, Joshua Wamalwa, 20, heading to Kewa Village to meet his girlfriend, identified as Purity.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, they reportedly found Purity standing by the roadside with another man, later identified as Sammy.<\/p>\n<p>A confrontation ensued after Joseph questioned Sammy about talking to his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSammy then removed a knife from his trouser and stabbed Joseph on the left hip and the left thigh and he fell down while bleeding profusely,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>In a desperate attempt to save his life, Joshua borrowed a mobile phone and contacted the deceased\u2019s mother, Penina Munguti, who rushed to the scene and took her son to Lugulu Hospital. However, Joseph succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Officers visited the scene of the incident, and the body was later transferred to Lugulu Hospital Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect reportedly fled immediately after the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Police said efforts to trace and arrest him are ongoing, with the case now being handled by the Sub-County Criminal Investigations Officer (SCCIO) in Webuye.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 16-Police in Bungoma County have launched a manhunt for a suspect who fled after fatally stabbing a 19-year-old man during a confrontation allegedly sparked by a romantic dispute. The incident, recorded under Occurrence Book (OB) 02 of December 14, 2025, was reported at Misikhu Police Station in Webuye East Sub-County. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}