Son mauled to death by Hyena as parents watch helplessly in Laikipia

A 17-year-old is said to have been preparing for school at 5 am , when a hyena stormed in their home.

Residents of Leleshwa village in Laikipia county were left in shock as they helplessly watched a rogue hyena tearing apart a 17-year-old boy to death.

His father who was sleeping in his room and the mother who was preparing breakfast were also injured as they responded to his screams.

According to one of the villagers, they responded to distress call by the boy’s parents but the hyena kept charging at them whenever they tried to hit it.

“Villagers answered to distress calls and would hit the animal but it kept charging at them with jaws dripping human blood,” said Edward Chege.

“The people then retreated giving animal a chance to dig its jaws back in the boy who kept screaming,” he added.

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials who visited the family explained that the attack was as a result of a recent fire at the Laikipia Nature Conservancy that was meant to drive away animals out of the Conservancy.

KWS warden in charge of Laikipia West, Mohammed Madela, said the wild animals have now encroached human settlement and that they had received numerous complaints.

“The animals are now living in Lariak forest, a kilometre from the home of the victims,” he said.

He added that officers had been deployed in the area to relocate the stray animals back to the parks. while the boys parents were admitted at Nyahururu County Referral hospital.

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