Tragedy as teen dies during school Javelin game in Bungoma

Police are investigating a tragic incident where a 16-year-old died after being speared in a game at the Bunangeni Secondary School in Bokoli, Bungoma county.

The incident happened on Friday, January 30, 2026, during a javelin game. 

One of the students threw a javelin, which hit the deceased in the head. 

He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead while undergoing treatment. 

Police said the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations. 

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This was after the house they were sleeping in caught fire on Friday night, police said. 

Police said the fire affected the home of Patrick Bahati and his two children, who were in Grade Seven and Grade Two respectively. 

Bunyala Subcounty police boss Lawrenias Odinga confirmed the incident, saying investigations into the cause of the fire, which remains unknown, have since been launched.

The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. 

In Oljororok, Nyandarua county, a girl who was missing was found dead in a thicket hours after she went missing. 

The body was lying in a thicket concealed by green leaves. 

She was aged eight and was a Grade Two pupil at Oljoroorok Primary School.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the minor left the school at around 1620 hours as usual in the company of another minor from the neighbourhood.

After the other minor branched to her home, the deceased was left alone, proceeding to her home. 

The minor never reached home in time as expected, prompting the mother to mount a search. Her father, a bodaboda rider, was informed, and he came home to join other villagers in the search.

After a short search, a school bag was discovered beside the road, and the minor's body was found 100 metres away in a small bush with the hands tied at the back. 

The face had also been covered using a Marvin head dress. 

Upon uncovering the head, blood was oozing out from the nose with no physical injuries, police said. 

The body was removed to J.M. Kariuki Hospital Mortuary for preservation awaiting post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death.

The motive of the murder was not immediately established, police said.