Tragedy as man dies by suicide in Machakos
He left a suicide note for his girlfriend.
1mon agoGEORGE OWITINews
A two-year-old boy drowned in a pit
full of water while playing at a neighbour’s compound in Cherengany, Trans
Nzoia County.
The child was with friends when he
slipped into the open, water-filled pit. He was pulled out and rushed to a
nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
His parents said he had gone to play
with friends when they heard screams that he had fallen into the pit.
The incident occurred on the evening
of April 4. Police visited the scene and said investigations are ongoing.
The boy’s body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy.
Meanwhile, in Magadi, Kajiado
County, two suspects were lynched by a mob in a suspected theft case.
They were accused of stealing gates
on Marangara Road when an alarm was raised.
A mob responded and attacked them
with stones and pangas, killing them on the spot.
Police collected the bodies and took
them to the mortuary.
They have launched investigations and
cautioned the public against taking the law into their own hands.
Officers urged the public to
surrender suspects to authorities, warning that some victims of mob justice may
be innocent or falsely accused.
There have been rising cases of mob lynchings
across the country amid concerns over declining public trust in the police.
Pundits argue the trend is fueled by perceptions of ineffective policing.
