{"id":26851,"date":"2022-01-30T02:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T02:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=26851"},"modified":"2022-01-30T02:20:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T02:20:33","slug":"man-kills-four-month-old-son-over-doubt-of-his-paternity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=26851","title":{"rendered":"Man Kills Four-Month-Old Son Over Doubt Of His Paternity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police has arrested a\u00a023-year-old man, Mark Njuguna, for allegedly killing his four-month-old son in\u00a0Gatanga Murang\u2019a, Kenya.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a video that has gone viral, the suspect is seen physically assaulting his wife Mary Muthoni, using a belt while their baby is crying on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect later grabbed the infant, who he\u00a0claims is not his biological son,\u00a0and tossed him over the sofa.<\/p>\n<p>The infant\u00a0died on the spot after landing on the concrete floor.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police report, the incident which happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning, January 25, was reported by the suspect\u2019s father<\/p>\n<p>According to Njuguna\u2019s father Samuel Kigumo, he was woken up by the baby\u2019s mother\u00a0at around 2:45 am after the incident happened.<\/p>\n<p>Kiguro said Muthoni managed to escape from the house after her husband threatened to kill her if she raised an alarm to alert neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>The two are believed to have picked a quarrel after the man questioned whether he is the biological father of the boy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter-in-law came running to my house telling me that her husband has killed their baby boy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still in shock because we don\u2019t understand why he would do such a heinous act and kill an innocent child,\u201d added Kiguro.<\/p>\n<p>The body was taken to General Kago mortuary in Thika awaiting postmortem as police delve deeper into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>LinderIkeji<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police has arrested a\u00a023-year-old man, Mark Njuguna, for allegedly killing his four-month-old son in\u00a0Gatanga Murang\u2019a, Kenya.\u00a0 In a video that has gone viral, the suspect is seen physically assaulting his wife Mary Muthoni, using a belt while their baby is crying on the floor. 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