Man found dead after train runs over him in Kibera

A middle-aged man was found dead with his body badly mutilated after being run over by a train in Kibera slums, Nairobi.

Police said they were called to the Kibera 42 area after locals spotted the amputated body of the man on the railway line.

He also had multiple injuries on the head and his legs had been amputated, police said of the Tuesday incident.

It was later established that a commuter train was from Nairobi Central Railway Station to Limuru Railway Station when it crushed the man.

Witnesses claimed the man was lying across the railway line as the train approached.

The motive of the incident is yet to be known.

Police said they are investigating possible suicide. The body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.

Elsewhere, a minor was burnt to death in an incident in Kaptumo village, Nandi County.

The minor was aged four months. His sister aged six years escaped death after she stepped out to play with other children.

The mother of the children said she had gone to pick tea at Kamarini area, leaving the child with a candle burning on Tuesday morning.

The elder sister aged six then went out to play and later on, saw the house of fire and raised an alarm.

The house was completely burned down, whereby the baby boy was burned beyond recognition and nothing was salvaged from the house, police said.

Police said the cause of the fire was suspected to be the candle that was left burning.

The remains of the child were moved to a local mortuary.

In Kangemi, Nairobi, the body of a 54-year-old woman was found in her bed on Tuesday morning.

Police said relatives of Teresia Muhaki found the body in the room when they went to wake her up.

She had failed to wake up prompting the relatives to go check on her when they found the body lying there.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending investigations, which will include an autopsy.

And in Suneka, Kisii, a worker was found dead on a farm he was working on.

The incident happened in Iterio village in the Bonyaoro sub-location and involved one Miruka Asiago.

He had been hired to work on the farm and had embarked on his work when his body was discovered.

Police officers visited the scene where they found the body lying dead facing upward with no visible injuries.

The body was moved to Nyangena Private Hospital Kisii Mortuary pending autopsy.

Elsewhere in Manyatta, Embu County, a 35-year-old man was found dead after he had swallowed poison.

Police said they were informed of the incident that involved one Amos Kinyua Njiru.

The motive of the incident is yet to be established, police said.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.