Tension remains high after a female student Ivy Wangechi from Moi University School of Medicine was hacked to death in broad daylight on Tuesday morning. She was a sixth year Medicine student. Witnesses say the man attacked the womanwith an axe near the Accident and Emergency wing. Students took to the streets to protest the attack and barricaded roads leading to the institution. They also marched to Eldoret Central Police Station even as officers attempted to quell the situation. Get breaking news on your Mobile as-it-happens. SMS ‘NEWS’ to 20153 The University’s Vice Chancellor Isaac Kosgei confirmed that Ivy Wangechi died while being rushed to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. The 26-year-old was undertaking her practicals at the facility and had just finished visiting the wards when she met her tragic death. Also Read Prison sergeant linked to con syndicate detained for 14 days The man is reported to have pounced on the sixth year medical student slit her throat before hitting her on the head and tried to escape. Meanwhile, Police in Eldoret are holding the suspect identified as Naftali Njahi Kinuthia. He was rescued by police as irate locals descended on him with stones after hacking the student with an axe and a knife. Eldoret West OCPD Zachariah Bitok said they have commenced investigations to ensure justice is served. Detectives have launched investigations into the brutal murder.<doc-sep>Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has said police have started investigations into the brutal killing of Ivy Wangechi, a sixth-year student at Moi University medical school. Ivy, a final year medical student in the College of Health Sciences, was attacked and killed in broad daylight Tuesday morning outside the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. She was waylaid by an axe-wielding man identified as Naftali Njahi Kinuthia, as she was returning to her hostel after a day's shift in the wards. Kinuthia, who is said to be an employee of a Nairobi-based betting firm, pulled an axe out of a sack and hit her on the head. The suspect is said to have travelled all the way from Thika to commit the heinous crime that shocked the country. Police rescued the 28-year-old suspect from a lynch-mob of boda-boda operators and took him to hospital from where he's nursing his injuries. The motive behind the gory murder is still unknown but preliminary indications point to a crime of passion. Ivy died in hospital while being attended to by doctors.<doc-sep>Why is it that every time a young woman is killed she is castigated and blamed for ‘causing her own death’? In the era of social media, a section of Kenyans online seem to have been emboldened behind their screens: easily and without a second thought, they type from their keyboards or phones labels such as malaya and sponsor. Never mind that they may know little or nothing about the subject they are ‘passionately’ bashing. Some even go as far as cheering on those linked to a murder. What became of humanity? Have we no compassion? Don’t we respect life? On Tuesday, April 10, 2019, Ivy Wangechi, a 6th year Medicine student at the Moi University, Eldoret was murdered in broad daylight. Also Read: Uproar at Moi University after student Ivy Wangechi hacked to death The man behind the killing is said to have come from Nairobi, armed with an axe and a knife. He reportedly lured her out of class, hit her on the head with the axe before slitting her throat. Another life lost. Details of the man’s motive are yet to be established, but lo and behold, a section of Kenyans online declared themselves judge and jury and found Ivy ‘guilty of causing her own death’. A presenter on a local radio station even found it fit to turn the murder incident into content for comedy: “She died because she wasn’t loyal. That’s the truth,” he said during his show on Tuesday. “Ilibidi amChop…..UkiDate dereva atakunyonga na seatbelt. Msee wa butchery atakuchinja,” he added. The station has since released a statement saying that the presenter’s show has been pulled off air and apologised for his ‘extremely poor taste’. A local website even went further and published an article with the headline: “Young girls, avoid sponsors, they will infect you with HIV like IVY WANGECHI” This as another Twitter user posed: “What would you do if somebody infects you with HIV/AIDS knowingly? IVY WANGECHI MOI UNIVERSITY” It goes on and on and on. Back in September last year, a similar incident occurred and in predictable fashion, a section of Kenyans online blamed the victim for her death. The body of Sharon Otieno (a student at Rongo University) who was seven months pregnant at the time, was found with multiple stab wounds in the stomach, back and neck in Homa Bay. Her baby did not survive. Also Read: Sharon Otieno was raped, stabbed several times: Detectives One of the comments following her death were that “Sharon Otieno deserved to die for messing around with a sponsor”. There are countless number of women whose killing may not have been splashed on newspapers, radio or TV, but whose memory is still tainted with crude, insensitive, ignorant and unwarranted statements. Life must be respected! We are not givers of life and as such as should not have the audacity to celebrate those who kill for whatever reason. 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A man who allegedly murdered Ivy Wangechi, a Moi University student in Eldoret, suffered skull fracture, doctors have revealed. Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital CEO Wilson Arwasa said this after Naftali Kinuthia underwent a CT scan on Wednesday. He is recuperating at the hospital under tight security after he was attacked by a mob following the murder of the student. Dr. Arwasa said the man also sustained soft tissue injuries on his face. His parents are said to have visited him on Wednesday morning alongside officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations office. Reports indicate that police are camping at the facility in readiness to interrogate him over the incident. A car believed to have been used by the attacker, a CV Honda with Reg. No. KCB 836P has also been seized. The late Ivy Wangechi was a sixth year Medicine student at the Moi University. The motive of her murder is yet to be established. On Tuesday, students barricaded roads in Eldoret bringing businesses to a standstill as they protested the killing of their colleague. They proceeded to Eldoret Central Police Station demanding to be addressed over the incident. Eldoret West police boss Zachariah Bitok had a difficult time trying to calm them down after he told them that the incident had occurred in another area of jurisdiction. Bitok however assured them that the relevant authorities would begin investigations in to the murder. For Citizen TV updates Join @citizentvke Telegram channel Video Of The Day: | SUCCESS AND AFTER | Tracking the progress made by students who topped KCSE in past years