A 14-year-old boy died after falling from the fifth floor of a building in the Kobil area along North Airport Road in Embakasi, Nairobi.
The boy’s body was found on the ground floor on Thursday, October 22.
Police officers who visited the scene found the teenager lying face down on the ground with visible head injuries.
Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) officers from Embakasi processed the scene as part of preliminary investigations into the incident.
The body was later moved to Nairobi Funeral Home, where it was preserved pending a postmortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Police are expected to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fall.
In a separate incident, a two-year-old boy died after he was found floating in a biodigester pit within his family’s plot in Kianjai, Tigania West, Meru County.
The child was discovered by his mother on Thursday, October 22.
The boy had gone missing at approximately 1pm on the same day before his mother found him in the pit, which was about three feet deep, along Kianjai Kamoja Road.
The incident was reported to police by Kianjai Area Chief Joshua Araya.
Police officers documented the scene before retrieving the child’s body.
The body was later transferred to Cool Breeze Mortuary in Meru, where it was preserved pending a postmortem examination.
Police are expected to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident as investigations continue.
