Kenyan woman kills boy (9)

Nairobi - A Kenyan woman killed a nine-year-old boy by slitting his throat after brawling with his mother over a 100-shilling…

Nairobi - A Kenyan woman killed a nine-year-old boy by slitting his throat after brawling with his mother over a 100-shilling (£1.25) debt, reports said yesterday.

The woman attacked the boy after his mother fled from the fight, telling her son to grab a knife. "When the other woman heard this, she got hold of the boy and dragged him to her house where she slit his throat," police said.

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