A 49-year-old woman was killed after she was attacked by an elephant while collecting firewood in Marsabit Forest.
The incident occurred on Tuesday in the Old Camp area of the forest.
Authorities were alerted, prompting a response by officers from Marsabit Police Station, detectives, crime scene investigators, and personnel from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the Kenya Forest Service (KFS).
The deceased was identified as Wato Wata Darge.
Her body was found at the scene with multiple injuries to the abdomen, a fractured left leg and severe head injuries, which police said were consistent with an elephant attack.
Crime scene investigators processed and documented the scene before the body was moved to Marsabit County Referral Hospital mortuary for a post-mortem examination.
The incident comes days after a 54-year-old man died following a suspected elephant attack in Trans Mara South Sub-County, Narok County.
According to police, the incident was reported on June 30, 2026, after a resident of Pusanki Village alerted authorities that his relative had been found dead near a river close to Pusanki Primary School.
Police and wildlife authorities are investigating the latest incident as concerns persist over cases of human-wildlife conflict in areas bordering protected forests.
Police advised the family to file a compensation claim.
