Detectives are investigating an incident where a woman stabbed to death her eight-year-old son in the Dabel area, Moyale, Marsabit County.

The woman, aged 33, escaped the scene after the September 16, 2025 evening incident.

Mystery surrounds the motive of the incident, police said.

The child died at the Bakata Nursing Home, where he had been rushed after the incident.

Police said they visited the hospital and found the body of the boy lying on a bed with a stab wound to the chest.

He was a Grade Two pupil at the Dabel Junior Academy in the area.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.

Police said they had intensified the search for the woman to grill her and establish more about the murder.

Police officers manning major roadblocks in the area were informed of the incident and instructed to be vigilant, stopping vehicles for searches.

Elsewhere, police are investigating a murder in which a man was shot and killed with an arrow in Ishiara, Mbeere, Embu County.

The incident happened on September 16 along the Kanyuambora-Kamumu road, police said.

Police said Simon Njiru was hawking assorted goods in the area when he was confronted by a suspect and shot in the right side of the chest.

The suspect then tried to remove the arrow in vain as it had stuck in the body of the victim, police and witnesses said.

Police said the suspect escaped from the scene to an unknown destination. The man died on the spot.

The motive of the attack was not immediately established.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.

Police have intensified patrols in the area with the aim of arresting the suspect for grilling.

Police said they are investigating a murder in the incident.