Police are investigating an incident in which a 40-year-old woman was found murdered in her house in Obama estate, Nairobi.

The woman had told her neighbours she feared for her life, police said.

The victim was a teacher at a local school and had moved from her Soweto house to Obama after a domestic quarrel and fear for her safety, police and locals said.

Police said her assailants gained entrance into her house where they hacked her to death and escaped.

She was alone at the time of the incident.

According to Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei, the assailants had posed as her friends before gaining entry into her house.

He said the house where the woman had moved to is in a gated compound with a security bell.

“We do not know how she was convinced to open for the people who later killed her. Investigations are ongoing for now,” he said.

He said they are yet to know the motive of the murder.

Bungei said preliminary findings had shown the killers also strangled the woman.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and further probe.

 Meanwhile, police are investigating an incident in which a 17-year-old boy was stabbed and seriously wounded by his friend after a disagreement as they played football in Mwiki area, Nairobi.

The boy was rushed to the hospital with serious stab wounds in the throat by an assailant identified as Kelvin Sasi aged 17 who fled the scene.

The two had been playing football at a local estate on Sunday when they disagreed.

They broke for the day. Come Monday, February 6, the assailant trailed the victim to his residence where he stabbed him in the throat and both legs.

He was rushed to Uzima Uhai hospital where he was admitted in stable condition, police said.

Bungei said they are investigating the incident. He said he had been informed the victim was in stable condition.