A 34-year-old mother of three has died after she was allegedly attacked by her estranged husband in Kiambu County.

According to police, the incident happened in Kamandura village, located in Kamirithu in Limuru.

The mother of three was waylaid by the suspect, identified as Paul Waweru Waithera, on her way back from a 'chama' meeting at Kamirithu Shopping Centre on Sunday.

"She was in the company of another woman when the husband accosted them while armed with a crude weapon. As he grabbed the mother of his children, the other woman managed to escape," police noted.

The suspect is later said to have died by suicide following the heartless killing of the woman.

"The incident was reported to the police by the village elder, having found the badly mutilated body of the victim sprawled at a cornfield," police said.

The suspect's body would later be found hanging from the roof of his house, dead.

Both scenes were processed, and the bodies were taken to Tigoni Level IV Hospital mortuary for preservation.