A first-year student was stabbed and killed days after reporting to Pwani University in Kilifi Town.
Faith Adongo Owino succumbed to her injuries following a suspected knife attack at around 7:30 pm on Friday, October 20.
While returning home, Faith was stabbed multiple times by her assailants along the now-notorious Misufuni road, police and other students said.
She was rushed to Kilifi District Hospital's Emergency wing, where she succumbed to her injuries at about 10 pm.
An appeal for blood posted by Pwani University Student Association chairman Nashon Okoth said Faith lost a lot of blood in the attack.
She had been stabbed in the neck by unknown assailants.
Other students said she met a tragic end during a freshers’ night event.
The incident happened along Misufini Way, a popular location for university gatherings, during the freshers’ night event.
Faith was attacked with a knife, leaving her severely injured in the neck. She was headed for their library direction.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit in critical condition and succumbed later on.
She was a first-year student taking a Bachelor of Arts in Literature.
Police visited the scene and declared investigations were ongoing and no arrests had been made so far.
Kilifi county police commander Fatuma Hadi said they are pursuing various leads into the murder.
She said they are working with the college in an effort to establish the assailant and motive.
“The girl was barely days old in college so we want to know what happened and why,” she said.
She said the incident happened within the college.
Hadi said a number of students had recorded statements about the incident.
This is the latest such incident to happen affecting university students.
For instance, police have concluded Mercy Cherono of Daystar University died by suicide days after reporting to college in Athi River.
She had conversed with her parents on the night she died.
Cherono, in her conversation with her mother, expressed her excitement as she attended the fresher's party at the university.
Police believe she was not happy with the choice of her course hence the suicide.