Two sisters drown in shallow well in Tana River

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A family in Bangale, Tana River County, is mourning the tragic loss of two young sisters who drowned after wandering away from home and falling into a shallow well.

The victims were aged two and three.

According to police, the incident was reported on Friday by their grandfather, a resident of Bulla Mansole in Bangale Location.

Preliminary reports indicate that the two children left their home unnoticed.

At around 3:30 p.m., family members heard screams from other children in the neighbourhood. When they rushed to the scene, they found the sisters had fallen into a nearby shallow well, where their bodies had become stuck in the mud.

Members of the public were mobilised to retrieve the bodies from the well.

The children were buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

The incident has once again highlighted the dangers posed by uncovered and unsecured wells, particularly in rural areas where young children can easily access them.

Meanwhile, police in Nyakach Sub-County, Kisumu County, have launched investigations after a 41-year-old man was found murdered near Alara Secondary School.

The deceased, identified as Washington Nyangiro, was discovered lying in a pool of blood opposite the school.

Officers from Katito Police Station, accompanied by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nyakach, visited the scene and established that the victim had sustained multiple deep cut wounds to the head, as well as severe injuries to his right wrist and the palm of his left hand.

Police processed and photographed the scene before moving the body to Bethlehem Annex Funeral Home, where it is awaiting a post-mortem examination.

The attackers fled the scene, and the motive for the killing has not yet been established.

Investigations are ongoing as police pursue those responsible for the fatal attack.

And police in Kuria West Sub-County, Migori County, launched investigations after the body of an unidentified middle-aged man was discovered dumped in a bush with multiple deep cut wounds.

The body was found in Nyankoro Village within the Kumumwamo area.

A team of police officers led by the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) and detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) visited the scene and established that the victim had sustained multiple deep cuts.

Preliminary investigations indicate the man may have been killed elsewhere before his body was dumped in the bush.

The scene was processed by investigators before the body was moved to the Migori County Referral Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting identification and a post-mortem examination.

Police have opened investigations to establish the identity of the deceased, the motive for the killing and those responsible.