Police in Mombasa are holding a 30-year-old man who stabbed his two daughters to death at Mshomoroni area in Kisauni Sub-county.
James Maina was arrested on Thursday evening at his home shortly after taking away the lives of the two girls aged six and four years.
The man was found in the house where bodies of the children were lying in a pool of blood. One of the girls had been stabbed on the neck while the other on the chest.
It was not immediately clear why the man committed the act.
According to the neighbours who raised alarm, the suspect was drunk at the time of the incident.
He was taken to Nyali Police Station as further investigations into the incident continue.
By Patrick Kanga For Citizen Digital
