Folks here's another tragic event in Sweden i never thought this will happen again but so is the reality.My sincere condelences to the family and may her soul rest in perfect peace, Ameen Fye. > Tuesday 14th May 2003 > > KENYAN EXILE MURDERS WIFE IN STOCKHOLM > > By Okoth Osewe in Stockholm > > Mr. Duncan Wararinga Warutere, a Kenyan exiled in Sweden, has gone into > hiding after murdering his wife in Stockholm. The 50 year old Kenyan is > alleged to have killed his wife in their house at Järfälla by brutally > attacking her. He then locked the house, set it ablaze and fled. > > When the couple's son arrived home on Sunday afternoon, he found the door > locked. The boy then went round the house and found smoke bellowing through > his parent's bedroom window. He alerted the neighbours who called the fire > station department. The firemen then forced their way into the house and > discovered a partially burnt body of a woman lying on the bed. > > According to police, they are treating the crime as murder because there was > blood at the scene of crime and injuries on the woman's, body suggesting > that the woman had been brutalised. By Monday morning, the whole house had > been cordoned off with police tape while police also prevented anyone from > entering the house. The Kenyan appear to have set the house on fire after > killing his wife to make it look like his wife had set the house ablaze in a > moment of suicide. > > The couple's five children are still in deep shock and are currently being > taken care of by a relative in Stockholm. According to a national radio > broadcast on Monday morning, Mr. Warutere is still at large and a massive > manhunt has been launched to arrest him. A short front page report in > yesterdays Metro, a free daily circulated in Stockholm's underground train > stations, said that a crisis group has been set up by the State to help the > bereaved family deal with the situation. The news has also been splashed in > Swedish national TV 5 and other channels. > > Speculation by Kenyans that Mr. Warutere may have committed suicide were > dispelled yesterday when he called his two children twice through their > mobile phones. When his son asked him where he was, he said that he was in a > hospital. But when the son asked him the location of the hospital, he banged > the phone. > > The news has shocked the small Kenyan community in Stockholm which has never > experienced a situation where a member of their community commits an act of > murder. Kenyans who are familiar with Mr. Warutere's family say that the > couple has been having domestic problems since the 40 year old wife arrived > from Kenya after Mr. Warutere was granted asylum. > > Close acquaintances say that the murder may be linked to an anti-Jesus > doomsday sect Mr. Warutere allegedly joined after abandoning St. Emanuel > church where he had been praying since 1997. After he teamed up with sect > members, he allegedly imposed disturbing restrictions on his children which > included a ban on TV watching while he also restricted movements of members > of his family. Many Kenyans suspect that Mr. Warutere has been provided with > a hideout by members of his doomsday sect. > > A Committee headed by Mr. Karundi Mathenge, a Kenyan exile, has been set up > by Kenyans in Stockholm to help the bereaved family deal with the crisis and > to organise how the body of the late woman can be transported home for > burial. The Committee is meeting daily at the house of a relative to > co-ordinate funeral arrangements. A major meeting of Kenyans in Stockholm is > planned for Friday. > > Mr. Warutere was granted exile status by the Swedish Aliens Board following > an intervention by the United Nations Torture Commission which, after > looking at his case, argued that the Kenyan had suffered torture at the > hands of the former Moi regime. The case had been taken to the UN by Kenya > People's Democratic Movement (KEPEDEMO - Mapunduzi) and other refugee > agencies. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Africa Research and Information Bureau in Sweden (ARIBIS) > Box 4067, 14104 Huddinge, Sweden. email:[log in to unmask] > > http://www.aribis.org > ----------------------------------------------------oo------------------------------------------------- > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. 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