A two-and-a-half-year-old boy has died after falling into a four-foot-deep septic pit in Eronge Village, Kebirigo Sub-location, Nyamira County.
The child reportedly drowned while playing with other children near the pit.
Police officers visited the scene following the incident and established that the toddler had been playing with other children when he allegedly slipped and fell into the septic pit, where he drowned.
Members of the public retrieved the child’s body from the pit before police arrived.
Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) personnel processed and photographed the scene as part of preliminary investigations.
The body, which had no visible physical injuries, was moved to Nyamira County Referral Hospital mortuary, where it awaits a postmortem examination.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
And a 47-year-old woman was burnt to death in a house fire in Mamboleo, Kisumu East Sub-County, Kisumu County.
The deceased, identified as Benta Adhiambo Otieno, was found dead in a separate one-room iron-sheet house on the morning of the incident, with her body burnt beyond recognition.
Police officers, visited the scene and established that the woman’s body had been severely burnt, although the cause of the fire had not been determined.
The scene was processed and documented before the body was moved to the JOORTH mortuary, where it awaits a postmortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Police investigations are ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the fire and the woman’s death.
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