PHOTO | FILEA man has been arrested in Taita Taveta county after he beat his 67-year-old father to death for failing to pay his mother’s dowry. Wundanyi OCPD Benjamin Muhia said the deceased, Wilmont Mwawasi, was beaten to death by his son after a short argument over unpaid dowry to his mother who died 12 year’s ago. The OCPD said the suspect clobbered his father to death using a hollow metal bar after he (father) failed to explain why he had not honoured their tradition even after pleading with the father several times to do so. “The metal bar inflicted injuries on his hands meaning he was blocking himself from the beatings from his son. PHYSICAL FIGHTShe said that it was after 30 minutes of physical fight that her father brandished the metal bar and hit her brother twice.

Source: Daily Nation June 12, 2017 04:18 UTC