Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday arrested a headteacher in Buruburu after a 13-year-old pupil was found dead within the school premises.
In a report released by the Directorate on Saturday, the pupil’s lifeless body was found outside the school director’s office, having fallen from a higher floor.
Upon investigations, the detectives established that the injuries on the body were not consistent with a fall from a higher floor as insinuated by the school management.
Following the discovery, the officers also arrested the school director, the accountant and another member of staff, to help aid with investigations to ascertain details that led to the suspected murder.
According to a report recorded by the school Director at the police station, the class eight pupil at the boarding institution was discovered missing at 6.30 pm, after she failed to show up for supper.
“The reporter indicated that a search had then been conducted throughout the school's eight-storey building before stumbling on her lifeless body at a 1st-floor balcony outside the Director's office,” DCI noted.
The police have since processed the site now assumed to be a scene of crime, and instructed both the staff and the pupils to keep off the area until the investigations are concluded.
The body has been moved to Mama Lucy Hospital Mortuary awaiting autopsy, to help the police gather more information on the cause of death.
On Wednesday, parents from a school in Mwingi North roped in police to launch a probe after two pupils died a week apart, with symptoms ranging from nosebleeds, yellow eyes, vomiting, flu and severe headaches.
According to the school headteacher Josphat Kimotho, the school allowed several pupils to seek medical attention after complaining of severe migraines.
“On Monday, five pupils came to ask for permission to go to the hospital, after reporting having experienced severe headaches. We allowed them to go to a nearby dispensary for treatment,” the headteacher stated.
The area Member of the County Assembly (MCA) Titus Kasinga supported the family in pushing for an investigation, noting that the pupils were still in danger.
