Detectives are investigating an incident where a Briton collapsed and died at an ATM lobby in Kinoo area, Nairobi.
Police said Andrew Paul
Hayward, 58 had visited a friend in the area when the incident happened on July
21 at night.
Witnesses said the man
had been to an ATM at the local branch of a bank and had withdrawn an unknown
amount of money when he suddenly collapsed.
The friend was contacted
and arrived at the scene in a car and rushed him to hospital, where he was
pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was moved to
Chiromo Mortuary, awaiting postmortem.
Officials at the British
High Commission in Nairobi were informed of the incident and are involved in
the probe, police said.
The case is under
investigation, police said.
Elsewhere in Bondo,
Siaya County, a woman died after being bitten by a snake.
Police said the
incident happened in Goma village and involved one Janetrix Alunga, 20.
She was rushed to a
local hospital, where she succumbed to the poison.
Police said the body
had scratches on the upper left limb, believed to be from the bite.
The body was
preserved at the Bondo Sub-County mortuary pending investigations and autopsy.
Elsewhere in
Gatunga, Tharaka Nithi County, the body of a man was found floating on the
banks of River Tana.
The body had
decomposed when it was discovered on July 24. Police suspect the man died or
drowned elsewhere before the body was swept to the area.
The body was moved
to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
And a 20-year-old man
was stoned to death after being accused of stealing maize in Kapkangani village,
Nandi County.
Police said the man
was pronounced dead on arrival in the hospital.
Police discourage
mob lynching and term it criminal.
Authorities want
suspects be surrendered for formal processing.
An investigation has
been opened into the incident and the body was moved to the mortuary pending
autopsy.
Police say most victims are innocent and some are framed before being killed by mobs.
