Residents of Kiamuguongo Village in Kirinyaga County have been left in utter shock after a woman confessed to sacrificing her 8-year-old son for money.

According to reports, the woman was offered Sh20,000 by devil worshippers living in South C estate in Nairobi who gave her an option of killing her mother or son.

Police officers who were acting on a tip off from villagers arrested the woman while she was taking the body Karatina District Hospital mortuary.

Upon questioning, she told the officers including Kirinyaga West OCPD, Mohammed Huka that she's a devil worshipper and that her cult leader had asked her to sacrifice her son.

She is currently being held at Baricho Police Station where she will remain for 14 days as investigations into the matter continue.

Here is the photo of the woman.