Drowning incident/FILE
Police are investigating an incident where a two-and-a-half-year-old girl died after drowning in a fish pond near her family’s rented home in Nyawara Village, Gem Yala Sub-County, Siaya County.
Police said the incident occurred on
Tuesday about 150 metres from the family’s residence.
The child had been playing outside with another minor aged two before the they wandered towards a nearby fish pond.
According to police, the other child later returned home but did not inform anyone that the pair had gone to the pond.
The girl’s body was later discovered floating in the pond by another minor who had gone to fetch water from a nearby stream. He alerted his father, who raised the alarm, prompting neighbours to rush to the scene.
Residents attempted to rescue the child, but their efforts were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead after being retrieved from the pond.
Police visited the scene and documented the incident before the body was moved to Yala Level IV Hospital Mortuary, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted.
Police are investigating the
circumstances surrounding the drowning and have urged parents and guardians to
closely supervise young children, especially around water bodies.
The incident left a family devastated.
And police have launched a manhunt for a suspect accused of fatally stabbing a 28-year-old woman in Suba South Sub-County, Homa Bay County.
The incident occurred in Sagero Village, Nyadenda Sub-location.
The deceased, identified as Catherine Achieng Oyugi, was reportedly attacked while returning home after fetching water.
According to police, the suspect allegedly accosted and stabbed her five times in the chest, ribs and left wrist. Authorities say the two were reportedly in a romantic relationship.
Despite sustaining severe injuries, Catherine is said to have run toward a nearby homestead seeking help.
An elderly woman heard
her cries for help, rushed to assist her and raised an alarm. Members of the
public responded but found the victim had already succumbed to her injuries.
Police said the victim identified her alleged attacker before she died, naming the person who stabbed her.
The suspect fled toward the Nyadenda Hills and remains at large. Police have launched a search to trace and arrest him.
Officers visited and documented the scene before moving the body to St. Camillus Hospital mortuary, where it awaits a post-mortem examination. Investigations into the murder are ongoing.
