Kenya suspects of power struggle in murder of Venezuelan diplomat

Venezuela's chief of mission to Nairobi was killed in her home by three intruders, and Kenyan police believe that a power struggle within the embassy would be the reason, said police officers on Tuesday.

Olga Fonseca, the Ambassador of Venezuela and interim Chargé d'affaires, was found strangled in his bed on Friday morning, Reuters reported.

Fonseca's colleague at the embassy, first secretary Sagaray Dwight, who was arrested Saturday and taken to court on Monday, will soon be indicted as the main suspect, police said.

"We believe the murder was a power struggle for positions at the embassy," said Nicholas Kamwende, the head of criminal investigations.

"It is suspected that three people entered the house in the middle of the night," said Kamwende, head of criminal investigations, referring to the Fonseca's mansion, surrounded by tropical trees and an electric fence, in the affluent neighborhood of Runda, in Nairobi

The police also issued an arrest warrant for Sagaray's friend and neighbor, Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Hassan, in connection with the death of Fonseca.