A Kenyan pastor, on Sunday,
stabbed his wife to death and then slit his own throat in front of the
congregation.
Elijah Misiko, an assistant
pastor with the Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, reportedly left his
front row seat, approached his wife, Ann Mughoi, who is also a senior pastor,
on the pulpit and stabbed her with one of the knives “he’d hidden in an
envelope” .
Julius Kiragu, Mombasa sub-county
police commander, confirmed the incident saying investigations were underway.
The police said they found a
17-page suicide note on Misiko where he accused his wife of changing ownership
of the church to her name, despite being founded by both of them.
“He walked up to his wife while
the church was praying as if he wanted to whisper something to her,” Kiragu
said.
“Then he took one of the knives
and stabbed her two times. He believed she was dead. He then stabbed himself
three times in the stomach and slit his throat.”
Misiko was said to have died
instantly from his stab wounds while his wife died at a local hospital a few
hours later.
According to Kiragu, the couple,
who had four children, had been engaged in a feud over the ownership and
leadership of the church.
The were said to have been living
apart since the dispute started.
In 2017, Misiko was reportedly
detained by the police in Mombasa after his wife alleged that he planned to
kill her but was released the following day after the force said they found the
accusations untrue.
“She had been trying to stay away
from the husband since the dispute over the ownership of the church began,”
Kiragu said.
“They had even reported the
matter to church leaders but they were unable to resolve the dispute.”
The bodies of the deceased had
since been moved to the mortuary.
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