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University student killed and body dumped along Juja Road


The body of a 22 year-old University student was on Saturday morning found dumped along Juja Road after he was killed at an unknown location.

Police have identified the deceased as a student from Kenya Methodist University, Nairobi campus.

“Through police control room it was reported that there was a dead body along Juja Road near Thayu petrol station. Police preceded to the scene and found a dead male adult who had a crushed head injury,” the police report on the incident reads.

Police suspect that he was killed elsewhere before the body was dumped at the scene. The body was taken to city morgue awaiting postmortem.

In Riruta, Dagoreti, two children were burnt to death after a fire razed down their shanty house on Sunday night.

According to their parents, they had gone to attend a funeral arrangement meeting at a neighbour’s house when the fire started.

Police have not yet established the cause of the fire. The bodies were taken to city mortuary awaiting postmortem.