A 14-year-old boy was killed after a hippo attacked a group of children who had gone fishing at Lake Mikimba in Magarini Sub-County, Kilifi County.
Police said the incident occurred at about 10 a.m. on Sunday in Siwani Village, Pumwani Sub-location.
The deceased was a Grade Three pupil at Kibaoni Comprehensive School.
According to preliminary investigations, the victim and three other children had gone fishing using a boat on the lake when they were attacked by a hippo.
The other occupants of the boat survived the attack.
The incident was reported prompting officers from Gongoni Police Station, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Magarini and officials from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in Malindi to visit the scene, located about 30 kilometres west of the police station.
The boy sustained severe injuries to the head, back and both legs and died at the scene.
Crime scene officers documented the scene before the body was moved to the Malindi Sub-County Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Authorities have launched investigations into the fatal wildlife attack and urged residents to exercise caution while carrying out activities in areas inhabited by hippos.
