Man hospitalised after alleged attack by father over avocados in Murang’a
A 35-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was allegedly attacked by his father for uprooting his avocado trees in Kenol, Murang’a county.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Mwangi infuriated his 80-year-old father after cutting down the trees without his consent last Saturday.
The octogenarian man confronted his son who in defiance threatened him with some consequences for his actions.
“George Mwangi Ng’ang’a, 35, had walked into his father’s farm and cut down the trees which bear the rear to find tropical delicacy, much to the chagrin of the old man,” DCI stated.
“When his 80-year-old father confronted him over his decision to cut down the trees without his consent, the boy became defiant and murmured in a manner likely to suggest that his father’s days below the sun were numbered, therefore he shouldn’t make decisions affecting the future of the farm.”
The man who accused the son of trying to inherit his property while he was still alive, reached for a machete and inflicted a serious injury on his shoulder.
DCI added that the man’s 68-year-old wife Cecilia Njeri tried to break the fight but her son allegedly bit her finger.
The young man, who was bleeding profusely from the chest was rushed to Thika Level Five Hospital where he is currently receiving treatment.
“Detectives based at Kenol Police Station are handling the matter,” DCI adds.
