Police are looking for an assailant behind the murder of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found dumped in a dam near their house in Njambini, Nyandarua County.
The
body of the girl was discovered in a dam in Shobe area, Munyaka, hours after she
had gone missing, police and locals said.
The body was found naked and was suspected to have been abused and had a deep cut on the throat, police said.
The
deceased was sent to a shop on May 24 and failed to return home, her parents
said.
This prompted a search in the village until the following day, when the body was found in the dam.
The body was identified by her mother before it was taken to the Engineer Hospital mortuary, awaiting postmortem.
Police visited the scene and established that a house opposite the dam,
which is about 100 meters away, and that was being used as a store and a toilet
outside the compound, was the probable crime scene.
This is
after some traces of blood were found in one of the rooms.
Police said they also found some pieces of clothes in the toilet after retrieving a piece of scarf the deceased was last seen wearing on her head.
The motive of the murder was not immediately established.
Police
said they are investigating the incident.
Elsewhere
at Moi Girls Nyabohanse in Migori, a form two student died in unclear
circumstances.
The
cause of the death of the student was not established.
The
incident prompted a riot by other students at the school. The students damaged
property before the situation was contained.
Police
said about 20 students collapsed in shock and were treated at a local hospital
after learning of the death of a fellow student.
A team
of detectives is investigating the Sunday, May 25 incident.
Some
parents visited the school at night andon Monday morning after learning of the
riots and death.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations, police said.
