Police have launched a murder probe after a patient was found dead with his throat cut in a ward at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) on Thursday, July 17.

The patient, a physically disabled man whose identity has not been released, was discovered around 2 p.m.

in Ward Seven shortly after visiting hours, according to police and hospital officials.

Witnesses told police that an intruder entered the ward and killed the patient before slipping away.