• Boy was playing with friends, took a spill, later complained of pain in abdomen.
•Pronounced dead at local clinic. Cause not established, autopsy to be performed.
Sean Mageto was playing with friends in Tasia estate, Nairobi, when he suffered a fall and cut his lip.
Police said the boy died after complaining of pain in the abdomen. They are investigating.
The boy died in a local clinic where he was taken for treatment.
His father told police he had left the boy playing with his friends in the estate.
When he returned Sunday evening, the boy complained of pain in the abdomen.
He was pronounced dead at the clinic.
An autopsy is to be performed.
Meanwhile, the body of a woman, aged 18, was found in her rented house in Githurai long after she had died.
Police took the body to a mortuary where an autopsy will be performed.
Elsewhere in Tasia, cleaner Michael Maina was electrocuted while he cleaned a salon in Tasia, Nairobi.
He suddenly fell and died on the spot. He had stepped on a live wire.
The body was moved to a mortuary. Such electrocutions have been increasing in the city.
In Kikuyu, police are investigating the case of a man whose body was found in a water tank on April 21. He had been missing since April 12.
The water was being consumed by residents.
The body of Peter Kiarie, aged 48, was discovered by his neighbour who wanted to drink the water. He drew some and said the tank had a foul smell.
The body was found floating in the tank. Police said he might have been killed or died by suicide. An autopsy will be performed.
(Edited by v. Graham)