A 28-year-old woman died after jumping off the third floor of an apartment in Langata area, Nairobi.
According to neighbours the deceased stayed alone at the apartment.
Neighbors said they heard a thud outside at about 5 am after the woman had jumped off from the third floor of the house.
The motive is yet to be established. She fell at the back side of the building after jumping from the balcony and died instantly.
Police who visited the scene said the body had no physical injuries. Blood was oozing from her nose.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and probe.
Police say they want to establish if the woman was killed and pushed out to look like suicide.
This is the latest such suicide incident to be recorded at an alarming rate.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise and authorities blame the trend on mental distress.
Police handled 499 cases in 2019, and 575 in 2020. At least 313 people are reported to have taken their lives between January and July 2021.
Majority of the victims were male, police reports say.
