An 11-year-old boy was
electrocuted in an incident in Embakasi Villa, Nairobi.
The boy was
standing on the balcony of their rented house on the fourth floor when the
incident happened, police and witnesses said of the May 18 incident.
According to
police, the incident happened after a lorry drove past the house and touched
low-hanging live wires.
The wires swung
and touched a metallic grill where the boy was standing, electrocuting him.
Neighbours
responded to the scene and rushed the boy to hospital, where he was pronounced
dead on arrival.
The body with
visible injuries on the left hand fingers was moved to Nairobi Funeral home, awaiting post-mortem.
The lorry driver
drove away oblivious of the incident.
Police said they
are investigating the incident.
Such incidents are
common in informal settlements and officials blame illegal power connections
for the same.
Meanwhile, police
are investigating a murder incident in a case where a body of a man was found on the
roadside in Kibera slums, Nairobi.
The body was found
outside a structure near the Railways police post.
Police said the
body, which had no physical injuries, was taken to the City Mortuary awaiting
identification and postmortem examination.
In Tharaka Nithi,
a man was found dead in his house.
Police visited the
scene and said the body of Robert Kathenya, 73, was found while seated with his
head lowered.
The deceased was
last seen on May 16 at a local market while the body was found two days later.
The body was moved
to a local mortuary for preservation and awaiting autopsy.
In Murukutwa
location at Chesogoch centre, Elgeyo Marakwet, a man was found dead after a
shooting incident.
Police said they
found the body of Boniface Ingote, 40, with three gunshot wounds, lying lifeless
in a room at the back of a motorcycle spare shop, where he had been employed
as a mechanic.
At the scene, a
spent cartridge of 7.62mm special and two bullet heads of the same caliber were
recovered, police said.
Police said they
are investigating murder in the incident.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
