Kenyan man in Indiana stabs daughter to death

A satellite image of South Bend, Indiana. Photo/GOOGLE MAP 

By ANTONY KARANJA in DALLAS, TEXAS, Monday, June 3   2013

 

US police are investigating an incident in which a Kenyan man living in South Bend, Indiana stabbed his six-year old daughter to death on Sunday morning.

Mr Edward Mundia Mwaura, who hails from Gatukuyu in Mang’u District also stabbed and wounded his wife in a domestic quarrel.

However, police shot dead Mr Mwaura after they stormed his apartment following reports of domestic disturbance.

Police also found Mwaura's wife in the parking lot covered with blood where she told them that her daughter was in the house.

Mr Mwaura failed to respond to calls from police after which they stormed the apartment after his daughter's distress call.

They found Mr Mwaura already having stabbed his daughter prompting them to shoot him dead.

The family moved to South Bend area two years ago after Mr Mwaura left Dallas, Texas.