A CCTV footage captured the final moments before a 25-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by her ex-lover in Kilimani.
According to reports, the incident began around 6pm on May 14, as the pair left work together and headed home from a building along Kirichwa Road.
The two walked side by side before the ex-lover suddenly turned on the woman, ambushing her in full view of bystanders and narrowly missing passing vehicles.
Moments later, the victim was seen running toward a nearby pharmacy and stumbling inside, with the suspect in close pursuit.
CCTV captures man fatally stabbing woman to death
CCTV cameras inside the pharmacy captured the 22-year-old man stabbing the woman repeatedly as she fell to the ground.
After the attack, the suspect calmly walked off as the wounded woman tried to get back on her feet.
The victim managed only a few unsteady steps before collapsing outside the pharmacy and succumbing to her injuries.
Further reports indicate that the man noticed bystanders closing in and dropped to the ground next to the victim, holding onto her body and feigning injury in what appeared to be an attempt to escape mob justice.
Afterwards, officers responding to the scene took him to a hospital after he insisted he had been hurt.
However, the medical staff found his body intact and concluded that the bloodstains on his clothing had come from the woman he had attacked.
The suspect was apprehended immediately and is being held at Kilimani Police Station awaiting arraignment in court.
Detectives recovered the murder weapon for forensic analysis as the victim’s body was taken to City Mortuary.
