Panic has gripped a village in Murang’a after a young man killed his father after quarrelling over maize. The youngster hacked his 90-year-old father to death after a dispute over maize at Gathungururu village in Makuyu. Villagers said the suspect had insisted on selling their maize harvest but his father Bernard Mburu Gitau resisted. Area chief Anthony Ngige said a bitter disagreement arose between the two before the son picked a jembe and hit the old man on the head, killing him instantly. The body was taken to the mortuary while the suspect was detained at Makuyu police station.
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