Manhunt on for Form Three student who killed 12-year-old cousin in Kirinyaga

Police in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, are hunting down a 17-year-old boy suspected of killing his 12-year-old cousin before fleeing the crime scene in Kagio town.

The suspect, a Form Three Student, reportedly killed his Grade Seven cousin under unclear circumstances, after the pair was left alone in their family home.

"I left my daughter (victim) doing homework with her cousin and I went to the market with my maid and husband. After finishing our errands, my husband and I stayed back while the maid headed home," Pauline Wairimu, the deceased's mother and the suspect's aunt, told Citizen Digital.

"When the maid arrived and went to the room my daughter and nephew had been studying in, she found my girl lying in a pool of blood." 

Wairimu and her husband rushed home, promptly taking their daughter to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

"I did not think that my sister's child would kill my daughter," added Wairimu.

Confirming the incident, Kirinyaga Police Commander Andrew Naibei said the victim's body had been moved to Kibugi Funeral Home awaiting post-mortem.

"She had visible injuries on her body. We are searching for the suspect and we will bring him in," siad Naibei.