A Nairobi woman is nursing serious injuries at Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital after her blind date she met on Facebook turned against her.
According to a statement from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the woman met the man based in Meru through the social media platform.
The woman only identified as Sylvia, is said to have travelled from Nairobi to Meru to meet the man identified as Patoo invited her for a house party that was supposed to culminate in a happy ending.
As a result, the man requested Sylvia to travel to Meru for the party and tag along with her friend for ‘his friend’.
“On arrival in Meru, the man asked them to board another matatu headed to Maua, 58 kilometers further, and alight at a nondescript bus stop known as kwa Amos. None of them had ever been there. They had only heard of Maua from friends,” DCI said.
The DCI said the two ladies became skeptical due to the darkness but continued with their journey nonetheless and alighted at the said stage at around midnight and found the man waiting for them.
Their host apologized to the ladies for the sudden change of the party venue and started leading them to a dark path, a move that made the ladies question his intentions.
The two women started screaming asking for help as they ran back towards the main road.
It is then that Patoo reached for a knife and stabbed Sylvia in her shoulder before fleeing into the darkness.
The two city girls were rescued by a good Samaritan who was walking home and took Sylvia to Muthara hospital for treatment.
She was later transferred to Meru Teaching and Referral hospital for specialized treatment.
Police based in Maua have since launched a manhunt for the suspect.
