A form four Student at Faza Secondary School in Lamu county died on Monday, May 15, after being stabbed during a fight with another student.
The incident was confirmed by the school Principal, who also reported the matter to the police for investigations into the unfortunate incident.
According to reports, the student was rushed to Faza Level 4 Hospital in critical condition but was pronounced dead by the medics, shortly after arriving at the facility.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspect, a form three student at the same school, escaped from school after stabbing the form four student.
Students who witnessed the incident reported that the two were involved in a confrontation during breaktime, before one of them stabbed the other.
“It started as a usual confrontation, but the argument escalated and the form three student lost his temper and stabbed the form four student, injuring him badly,” stated a student who witnessed.
Area village elder Abud Mohamed, condemned the incident, adding that the police should investigate the matter and arrest the suspect.
“We are urging the police and local authorities to ensure that the suspect is arrested and justice is served to the family of the victim,'' narrated Abud.
The village elder urged teachers to be careful in monitoring students’ behavior to avoid similar incidences in future.
The school principal revealed that he was not at the school at the time of the incident but promised to help police with vital information to facilitate the investigations.
A similar incident occurred on May, 4, 2022 when a form three student stabbed his counterpart to death in Keben High School of Belgut, Kericho County.
The two were said to have had an altercation before the situation escalated and took a turn for the worse.
The attacker was aged 23 while the victim was an 18-year-old female student.
On February, 19, 2021, education experts and stakeholders urged the then Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha (now deceased) to spearhead the creation of special schools for students caught engaging in crime.
Calls to apprehend students came after a consultative workshop to deliberate on the way forward in light of increased cases of unrest in schools.
"Create alternative schools for children who even after all efforts by the teachers and parents don't comply with the school rules," stated Nicholas Maiyo, the chair of National Parents Association.
