Police investigate baffling suicide of a six year old

Police officers in Malindi SubCounty are investigating an incident in which a six-year-old boy died yesterday while hanging from the roof of their house in what is believed to be a case of suicide.

The 8am incident at Fundi Hamisi village in Ganda sub-location has baffled many, as it is inconceivable that a child of such tender age could commit suicide.

What is more intriguing is that the youngster died early in the morning in the presence of his younger siblings aged four and two while playing inside the house.

The boy’s body was found dangling from the roof with his neck tied with a piece of cloth to one of the rafters of the house minutes after he and his siblings entered the mud-walled ramshackle to continue playing after a heavy downpour disrupted their happy moments outside the house.

A neighbour, Grace Kalama, said she saw the boy hanging with a piece of kanga tied around his neck. His legs were bent and the boy was almost kneeling on the floor. Kalama said the children were playing with a wooden toy car outside but entered the house when it started raining.

She said there was no adult in the house at the time since the boy’s mother had left the house in the morning to look for casual work in Malindi town.

By PD