Fears of serial killers targeting children in Kajiado as another dismembered body discovered

Residents of a village in Kajiado county on Tuesday evening discovered another body of a child cut into pieces.

This is only six days after the body of a six-year-old girl was found dismembered and stuffed in a gunny bag in a nearby village.

At least one person has been arrested in connection with the six-year-old's alleged defilement and killing.

Kajiado residents have raised concerns following the discovery of another body of a child estimated to be eight years old.

Women who had gone to fetch water at a nearby dam spotted the floating headless body of the child and reported the matter to the police.

The six-year-old was abducted, defiled and killed. Her blood was drawn and the body dismembered.

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Ngong OCPD Joseph Mwika said the eight-year-old's body will be marked as an unknown person until a relative claims it.

“The police found the body in a decomposing state and we took it to City Mortuary for a postmortem and eventual identification,” he said.

An investigating police officer said serial killers could be behind the newest attack on children.

Residents of have called for heightened 24-hour police patrols.

They suspect members of a cult are on the loose and targeting children.