Girl Believed To Have Burnt Her 9 Friends To Death at Moi Girls Apprehended

A girl believed to have started the fire that killed her nine friends at Moi Girls High School in Nairobi has been apprehended and will be arraigned in court this morning.

The 14-year old Form one student has been placed in custody until the Police complete their investigations into the ordel.

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Preliminary investigations show that the fire started from her bed.

“The teenage student in question was earlier suspended from school over indiscipline, she was even walking with a matchbox in the school,” one of the officers investigating the case was quoted saying by The Star.

Preliminary probe also show the young girl had threatened to “cause something horrific” after her parents declined to grant her her wish of transferring to another institution.

According to The Star reports,the girl has allegedly attempted to commit suicide after being suspended but she was later readmitted by the school board.

“Arson is to blame for the Moi Girls’ fire that claimed nine lives,” Education CS Fred Matiang’i said on Monday.

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Matiang’i said these after being informed by the police conducting the investigations.

“It was not an accident, it was arson,” he said following the incident in which nine girls are reported to have died.

More probe to follow.

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