Man Stabbed to Death After Making Bad Joke
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A 22-year old man identified as Allan Kiplagat was stabbed to death in Keiyo South, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, over a joke he allegedly made.
The local mason at Kapkong’a trading center was stabbed on the night of Monday, February 1, after he allegedly referred to the suspect as a ‘young boy’.
Police stated that Leonard Samoei, 26, lost his cool and attacked Kiplagat after he greeted him in Keiyo dialect term
ng’eeta meaning (young boy). The term is used to refer to a man who has not undergone initiation into manhood.
THE STANDARD By
Stephen Rutto |
February 2nd 2021 at 20:36:00 GMT +0300
A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County following a joke that turned tragic.
Allan Kiplagat, a local mason in Kapkong a trading centre was stabbed on Monday night by the suspect identified as Leonard Samoei, 26 after he allegedly referred to the latter as a young boy.
Authorities said the deceased, using derogatory term
ng eeta (young boy) in the local Keiyo dialect to describe the man as they greeted, sparked fury and subsequent attack.
The term is used to refer to a boy who is yet to undergo initiation to manhood.