Riruta man dead after being pushed off 5th floor

Police said two men who were roommates were fighting along Ngina Street.

Piece by: CYRUS OMBATI
Crime

• According to police, John Kibe and Dennis Okello who were roommates at the house were arguing and fighting.

• It was then that Kibe dropped to the ground floor and died on the spot after landing on his back.

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A man died after he was pushed off the fifth floor of a residential house in Riruta, Nairobi. Police said two men who were roommates were fighting along Ngina Street.

According to police, John Kibe and Dennis Okello who were roommates at the house were arguing and fighting.

It was then that Kibe dropped to the ground floor and died on the spot after landing on his back.

Residents rushed to the affected room and failed to find Okello. But after a search, he was found on the rooftop of the house and arrested.

Police said they are investigating the incident and they were yet to establish the motive.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and further probe.

Elsewhere, police said they are investigating an incident in which a woman collapsed and died along Kaunda Street, Nairobi.

Witnesses and police said the woman, 46, started to complain of chest pain as she walked downtown on February 13 at about 5 pm.

She then collapsed and lost her breath. Her colleagues who were with her called an ambulance which arrived in time but the responders declared her dead at the scene.

She had walked from her place of work in Upper Hill and was headed home when the incident happened.

Nairobi regional police commander Adamson Bungei said they are investigating the incident.

He said the body was taken to the mortuary pending autopsy and probe.

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