Chuka University student dies by suicide inside girlfriend’s house

A 23-year-old Chuka University student has died by suicide inside his girlfriend’s rental house at Kangaru village in Embu County.

The body of the student was reportedly found on Wednesday by the girl who was out attending a lecture at the time he took his own life.

Thambo sub-location Assistant Chief Rose Wambeti confirmed the incident saying the deceased’s lover then reported the matter to Kangaru Police Post.

"At around 3pm, I was called and told that there is someone who had killed himself in a house. I came and I was told by the girl that she left the house at noon and returned at around 3pm and found he had hanged himself," Ms. Wambeti said.

The administrator noted that the man had visited his lover, who is also a student in the same institution.

She reportedly left him in her room to attend classes, only to come back and find his body hanging from the roof of the bathroom with a belt.

It is alleged that the man had a betting addiction, which may have triggered him into committing suicide after losing a bet.

Police visited the scene and moved the body to Embu Level Five Hospital Mortuary.