Autopsy confirms road rage victim died from multiple stab wounds as CCTV captures fatal attack

A post-mortem examination on the body of a man allegedly stabbed by a taxi driver following a roadside confrontation has confirmed that he died from multiple stab wounds.

The findings come as newly obtained CCTV footage sheds light on the fatal incident, capturing the prime suspect—who has since been arrested—allegedly stabbing the deceased, Kennedy Ng'eno, and his friend several times.

The attack reportedly occurred moments after the two vehicles were involved in a traffic accident on Saturday night in Nairobi.

The CCTV footage captures Mombasa Road near Nyayo Stadium on Saturday at 4:36 a.m. Three vehicles suddenly come to a halt. A man steps out of his car and walks straight towards the white vehicle.

What begins as an argument over a minor accident erupts into violence without warning.

Two minutes later, the same man is seen taking photos. CCTV captures the struggle as others try to snatch his phone. A confrontation explodes between the two sides.

In a critical moment, one man is stabbed with a sharp object. The suspect then turns on the second man—identified as Kennedy Ng'eno—and launches a ferocious attack.

Kennedy tries to flee, but the suspect chases him down and continues stabbing him with an object police have still not identified.

Nearly nine minutes after he falls to the ground, his friends rush him into the white car and speed off to hospital. But he is already dead.

Four days later, the prime suspect is arrested and held at Industrial Area Police Station.

"We had to come here today to confirm that indeed my client did report the incident and he was not at large, as it has been reported that my client stabbed and ran away,” the suspect’s lawyer, Yashin Mutende, said.

"This incident happened on the 1st of August, and we've been looking for this guy. Now he has been arrested. He'll be taken to court tomorrow for custodial orders so that we finish our investigations,” Makadara DCIO Hassan Ahmed Abdullahi added.

Makadara OCPD Judith Nyongesa on her part, said, “And I promised that within the week I shall have gotten the suspect. Today the suspect has been found, and the DCI are processing him."

The vehicle linked to the attack is now at the DCI Makadara offices. The post-mortem confirms the deceased was stabbed multiple times.

"After the autopsy, the doctor gave us the report that showed that Ken's life was ended by a stab to his heart, which penetrated his heart. There were around five stab wounds and many more on his hand,” said family representative Malone Victor.

The victim's family lawyer Gideon Kipyegon added: “We have enough witnesses to prove that this case was a case of stabbing. It was a case of wrongful provocation. It was a case of someone who had ill motive. All the witnesses who were present saw the knife. It's only that the knife went with the perpetrator, and we hope that during the interrogation in court he will be able to produce the murder weapon."