NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 4 – The Menengai Oilers and Kenyan rugby fraternity is in mourning after a player of the Kenya Cup side was stabbed to death by unknown assailants on a motorbike in the Rift Valley city on Saturday night.
According to the club, the player, Anthony Kibet and a teammate, Ibrahim Otieno, were attacked as they headed out of an entertainment establishment where they had gone to watch a football match.
“The player was in the company of another, who is now receiving medical attention at a local hospital, were enroute home at from watching a soccer match when it is said the Boda Boda gang dramatically accosted and stabbed them several times,” a statement from the club posted on their social media handles said.
It adds; “We would like to report that the injured player is in stable condition and cooperating with the police to provide any information that would help establish the motive of the attack and lead to the arrest of the unknown persons involved.”
The club further said that the motive of the attack is not yet known adding that the matter is now in police hands.
The incident evokes fresh memories of the vicious murder of former Nakuru RFC player Mike Okombe in 2017.
Nakuru County Police Commander Peter Mwanzo who spoke to Daily Nation said that officers who were on patrol within the area were attracted by the commotion at a distance. He said the assailants fled away aboard the motorbike when they saw officers approaching the scene.
According to Mwanzo, the deceased was stabbed once on his left side of the abdomen when he tried to defend himself, while his teammate, Ibrahim Otieno was stabbed on the lower abdomen.
“The incident occurred at night, we have launched an investigation to establish where they were coming from, the men were armed with crude weapons but they managed to escape. We are on top of things they will soon be arrested,” the Police boss said, speaking to the Nation.
