A respected church elder who was battling a serious bone cancer has shocked people by taking his own life to end it all.
A sad event has led to the death of a respected senior PCEA church elder who brutally shot himself in his house in Muthaiga estate, Kenya on Thursday.
The man left behind a suicide note explaining his reasons.
The deceased, a licenced firearm holder was battling cancer of the bone and could not cope any more. Police revealed that he shot himself on the right side of the chest.
Nairobi news reports that the body of the deceased man has been taken to the mortuary. Starehe OCPD Alice Kimeli has confirmed the incident.