Hashim was a hired assassin tasked to kill the three women as he claimed that he, among other persons at large, was involved in the killing of Warris Daud, her child, and her niece.
New details have emerged surrounding Hashim Dagane Muhumed, the primary suspect in the murders of three women from Eastleigh who is also linked to the case where bones, believed to belong to a female victim, were discovered at the entrance of Lang’ata Cemetery in Nairobi on October 31, 2024.
As per investigations, Hashim was a hired assassin tasked to kill the three women as he claimed that he, among other persons at large, was involved in the killing of Warris Daud, her child, and her niece.
Hashim, however, confessed to having single-handedly killed Deka Abdinoor and chopped her body parts before disposing of them at Lang’ata Cemetery.
The fresh details suggest that Hashim was paid millions of shillings to kill Warris Daud, with police hinting at a love triangle that motivated the heinous murder to take place. Warris was involved in it and another woman, with investigators revealing that Amina Abdi and Nusayba Abdi were murdered as collateral damage.
Collage of the late Waris Daud (left) and her niece, Amina Abdirashid Dhahir. /PHOTO
Hashim led detectives on a fact-finding mission on Friday, November 22 to trace missing body parts belonging to Deka Abdinoor at the Lang’ata Cemetery. It is there that the suspect confessed to having killed the girl and dumped her body parts at different locations within the cemetery.
He revealed that he resorted to brutally killing Deka because she had established that he killed the three women. According to him, this was the reason for the murder of the Great Lakes University student, who was his girlfriend.
Investigators are still hot on the heels of other persons of interest who are believed to have been part of the gang involved in the murders, with each reportedly paid more than Ksh1 million.
The suspect is still in police custody until December 2, when he will be brought to court for further directions and will be expected to face murder charges for four people, who were killed in one of the most horrific manners ever witnessed in the country in recent times.
The murders brought the issue of femicide back to the national limelight for the first time since late January 2024, this time, drawing the attention of President William Ruto who condemned rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide following a meeting with women leaders at State House, Nairobi.
He reiterated his directive to police to expedite investigations into reported femicide cases and tasked the authorities to see to it that operations at gender desks are stepped up.
“I have instructed the criminal justice actors to execute their mandate without delay, holding perpetrators of femicide fully accountable,” he directed.Â
“Gender desks in police stations must be enhanced and we will soon introduce similar gender desks in hospitals to ensure that victims receive immediate attention and care.”
A screengrab of Deka Abdinoor Goron,the woman whose bones were discovered in Lang’ata and the murder suspect Hashim Dagane Muhumed entering and leaving an apartment in Eastleigh on October 31, 2024. /DCI