{"id":341,"date":"2026-10-13T15:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/?p=341"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:01:20","slug":"kitui-teachers-college-student-fights-for-her-life-after-alleged-attack-by-lover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"Kitui Teachers College student fights for her life after alleged attack by lover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Mary Musembi<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-avatar\"><img alt='Mary Musembi Avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/976cde03af99b00e67aa976c4b8c15329a463e4a28da40daa474e6c64940652b?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/976cde03af99b00e67aa976c4b8c15329a463e4a28da40daa474e6c64940652b?s=192&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo wp-block-avatar__image' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 20-year-old student at Kitui Teachers College is fighting for her life at Kitui County Referral Hospital after she was allegedly attacked by her lover, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) teacher, following a disagreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect, reportedly a teacher at Katumbu Primary School, is accused of assaulting the student with a hammer before stabbing her multiple times in the head with a knife, leaving her with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to reports, the man allegedly forced the student to his house, where an argument ensued before the violent confrontation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect is also reported to have attempted to set his house on fire before stabbing himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is currently receiving treatment at Kitui County Referral Hospital, where the student is also admitted in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victim&#8217;s mother, Angeline Mbula, said she travelled from Makueni County to Kitui after receiving information about the incident, only to find her daughter in a coma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mbula described her daughter as well-behaved, revealing that she had no knowledge of her relationship with the suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The student is reported to have known the man for approximately 10 months before the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The circumstances surrounding the alleged attack, including what triggered the confrontation, remain unclear as investigations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 20-year-old student at Kitui Teachers College is fighting for her life at Kitui County Referral Hospital after she was allegedly attacked by her lover, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) teacher, following a disagreement. The suspect, reportedly a teacher at Katumbu Primary School, is accused of assaulting the student with a hammer before stabbing her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theupdatehub.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}