Post by Obituary on Sept 21, 2005 1:09:31 GMT 3
Victoria Njoroge
KENYAN WOMAN MURDERED BY GERMAN HUSBAND
A Kenyan woman was shot dead by her German husdand last week, officials said on Friday
Victoria Njoroge ,24, died after his husband of three years opened fire in unprovoked attack in Erfurt, Germany.
Local Erfurt police are holding the suspect believed to be the deceased womans husband.
The shooting has caused huge public outcry among migrant Kenyan communities in Western world.
The motive of the shooting is not known, Police are persuing several lines of enquiries. Forensic investigations were incomplete at the time of going to press.
Nancy Njoroge, the victim’s elder sister, who also lives in Erfurt, told Kenya Community Abroad (KCA) that the couples 3 year old son, Master Peter Njoroge has been put under the custody of the suspect’s ex-wife by the local juvenile office (Jugendamt), despite expressing her willingness to take custody of her nephew.
KCA is closely working with Nancy Njoroge to arrange for the transportation of the body to Mombasa, Kenya for burial.
The victim’s parents are both deceased
Through KCA, the deceased family is appealing for help from Kenyans of goodwill living in Germany, Europe, USA and elsewhere to make their online donations in order to raise the estimated Euro 5000.00 required to send the body to Mombasa for burial. Those willing to assist are kindly asked to make contributions to: -
Contibutions Information
Account holder: Nancy Njoroge Account number: 231766900 Bank Code/Routing number: 86010090 IBAN: DE828601009002 BIC: PBNKDEFF |
Kindly indicate “Victoria Fund” as the reason for the payment. For more information, please visit the KCA-Germany website: www.kcagermany.de and/or email Sylvester Katua: legalofficer@kcagermany.de