Drama Unfolds as Pastor Fatally Stabs Wife during Church Service, Then Commits Suicide in Front of Congregation
During a church service, a Kenyan pastor reportedly stabbed his wife multiple times before taking his own life, shocking the congregation that witnessed the murder-suicide.
Elijah Misiko, an assistant pastor at the Ground for God's Gospel Church in Mombasa, left his seat and approached his wife, senior pastor Ann Mughoi, on the pulpit with a knife concealed in an envelope, according to police who were briefed by eyewitnesses.
"He walked up to his wife while the church was praying as if he wanted to whisper something to her," said Mombasa sub-county police commander Julius Kiragu. "Then he took one of the knives and stabbed her (wife) two times. He believed she was dead. He then stabbed himself three times in the stomach and slit his throat."
Misiko succumbed to his self-infli...