A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his five year old son in Basale Village Transzoia County.
According to the neighbours account, they heard wails and cries from the house where the two lived the previous night but dismissed it on the assumption that it was a small family issue.
“I heard the boy screaming and crying and I thought he was being disciplined by his father. I was shocked to learn in the morning that he had been killed,”
To confirm the incident Endebess Deputy County Commissioner Peter Maina said that the boy, was the first born in his family and it is speculated he strangled him to death.
“It is true the man beat and strangled his son. The suspect is in police custody and we are investigating the incident,” he said.
The suspect later reported the incident claiming that the boy died from injuries he sustained after being attacked by unknown people on his way from school.
The boy was a class one pupil at Kibwoi Primary School.
The body of the deceased was moved to the Kitale County Mortuary as investigations take their course.