Four-year-old slips to death after falling into an uncovered tank in Taita Taveta

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•Residents said failure to cover the tank was the cause of the death.

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A four-year-old girl drowned in a water tank in a village in Taita Taveta county.

Police said they are investigating the circumstances under which the girl died in the tragedy on Wednesday evening.

The girl was with other children in Chechewa village when she slipped into the uncovered tank.

She was removed and was rushed to Taveta Subcounty Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

Residents said failure to cover the tank was the cause of the death.

A 60-year-old man succumbed to injuries following a fight with an unknown man in Makindu, Makueni.

The body of Bernard Mwasa was found on his bed in Ndalani village long after he had died on Wednesday.

His brother told police he went to check on him and realized he was not responding from inside.

This forced him to break into the house where he detected blood stains from the living room leading to the bedroom where he found the body lying on the bed.

Police later established he had visible head injuries. Residents said the deceased had a fight elsewhere and went back to his house where he succumbed to the injuries.

The assailant is yet to be known. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and probe.

Meanwhile, police are investigating an incident in which a nurse was stabbed and seriously wounded at Mkanyeni dispensary, in Kwale.

Mystery surrounds the attack and police say they are investigating it.

The victim was a nurse at the facility and he suffered serious injuries in the chest and stomach.

He was identified as Nelson Chindoro Kwaka and had been attacked by an unknown person while at the facility.

Police who arrived at the scene said they found him with protruding intestines and the assailant missing.

The victim was rushed to Kinango Subcounty Hospital for treatment as investigations into the October 25 incident continue.

The motive of the attack is yet to be known, police said adding the victim was in a serious condition in hospital.

A team of detectives visited the scene and village to talk to residents as part of the probe into the attack.

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