A middle aged woman in Good Samaritan village, Gatanga Murang’a County hacked her husband to death using a machete.

It’s reported that the woman killed the husband in cold before setting the body a blaze.

According to Daily Nation the woman was arrested by the police on Saturday while trying to bury the body.

Murang’a County police boss Josphat Kinyua, who confirmed the incidence said that three of the woman’s children have also been arrested.

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Kinyua said that the three teens are suspected to have helped their mother commit the crime.

The deceased brother James Ndirangu, who alerted the police, said he was attracted to the compound with huge fire only to find his brothers body being burnt while the suspects digging the grave.

“I had just woken up when I saw huge flames at my brother’s home. I approached and found his wife digging a hole and she told me she was burning old rugs.I was not satisfied with the answer and pretended to go back to my house. I looked back and saw her dragging a body,” he said.

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