Boy, 3, dies in hospital after assault

A three-year-old boy died at the Nairobi West Hospital where he was being treated after he was physically assaulted by his step-father. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The matter was reported to police by a matron at Avenue Nursing Home where the boy was initially treated.
  • Separately, a 50-year-old died as he tried to protect his wife from being attacked by a relative.

A 26-year-old man is being held by the police over the death of his three-year-old step-son in Nairobi.

The boy died at Nairobi West Hospital on Wednesday, where he was admitted unconscious five days ago.

The matter was reported to police by a matron at Avenue Nursing Home where the boy was initially treated.

Police say the boy’s mother was at work, having left her son with her husband when the incident happened on March 16.

“The mother rushed him to hospital the following day. He was unconscious,” according to a police report.

The boy succumbed while at the Intensive Care Unit.

ATTACK

Separately, a 50-year-old died as he tried to protect his wife from being attacked by a relative.

Paul Macharia was at his home in Kirwara, Thika, when he saw his nephew running after his wife Agnes Njeri, 45.

She managed to lock herself in his house while the nephew struggled to push it open.

In defence of his wife, Mr Macharia stood at the door to prevent the nephew from forcing access.

“In the process he was pushed and fell to the ground unconscious. He was rushed to Kirwara sub-county hospital where he was pronounced dead,” according to police.