- Park officials on routine patrol on Kisembe plains sighted the body and called police.
- Although the body had been half eaten by wild animals, there were visible injuries inflicted to the head.
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Mystery surrounds the identity of a boy whose half-eaten body was found at Nairobi National Park.
Police say since the body was discovered on Saturday, no one has come forward to claim it.
Police and managers at the park had initially thought the boy got lost while on a tour with guardians or parents. They have since concluded, however, he was killed elsewhere and dumped at or near the scene.
Injuries to the skull indicated the boy had been murdered.
Langata police boss Monica Kimani appealed to anyone with a missing child to report to the station.
“We expected a parent or guardian claim it but we have nothing so far and we suspect he was killed elsewhere and dumped there,” she said.
The body had been half eaten by wild animals.
Officials at the park were on routine patrol along Kisembe plains in the park when they spotted the body of the child, aged about one. They called police.
Meanwhile, police are looking for a bodaboda rider and a pillion rider who dumped a body of a teenage boy at Lianas Hospital in Kangemi and fled.
The youth, aged 17, had injuries to the mouth and head. He died while being treated.
Preliminary findings indicate he was a street child.
Police are looking for the rider to establish who caused the injuries.
Elsewhere, a 22-year-old man was killed in a fight between two groups at a construction site in Mathare, Nairobi.
Samson Omurua was stabbed in the stomach and struck on the head. He died on the spot.
One group was constructing a toilet when another group arrived and tried to stop construction. A fight ensued.
Police said they arrested two suspects and are hunting for more.
Elsewhere, a 77-year-old woman died after allegedly being assaulted and burnt her son in fight in Karen area, near the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
The victim was identified as Miriam Okongo Auma. On September 27, she reported to police that she argued with her son, aged 41, over his burning her valuable clothes.
She told police her son pinned her down on the burning pile of clothes She was rescued by neighbours who responded to her screams.
She was taken to hospital where she died three days later. She had refused to record a statement, saying she didn't want her son to be harassed.
After she died, police arrested her son who is expected to be charged with murder.
(Edited by V. Graham)