A 24-year-old woman, Grace Wangari, passed away in the hospital following an alleged stabbing by her boyfriend during a domestic altercation in the Githurai 44 area of Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenyan activist, Njeri Wa Migwi, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the incident happened on Saturday night, January 20, 2024.

According to her, neighbours said they heard screams from where the woman stayed with her boyfriend and rushed to her rescue.

The boyfriend identified as Clinton Mwangi, was assaulting Grace and had stabbed her numerous times.

The neighbours alerted police who rushed to the scene and rescued the woman who was taken to a local clinic with head injuries.

She was later transferred to Kiambu Level Five Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police said she had bled excessively by the time she was rescued and taken to hospital.

The suspect was later arrested at the scene and booked at Kasarani police cells for murder.