- A primary school in Nakuru county has been closed indefinitely after the night watchman was killed by unknown people
- The body of the guard was found inside the classroom on Thursday, January 8, by one of the support staff at the school
- Nakuru Town West police commander, Samson Andaje, confirmed the incident and said an investigation has been launched
Police officers in the county of Nakuru have started an investigation following an incident in which a night guard in a school was found dead in a classroom. c
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The security guard at Khalsa Comprehensive School in Nakuru Town East was reportedly killed on Wednesday night, January 7.
His body was found in one of the classrooms on Thursday, January 8.
How was the Nakuru school night guard killed?
According to the chairman of the management board of the school, Harry Bosire, when one of the support staff arrived at work, he found the gate locked.
He jumped over the fence, and found the body of the guard dead inside the classroom where he usually sleeps.
The guard’s body was bound, and his neck had obvious injuries. It is believed that the killers jumped the school fence before carrying out the brutal act.
Nakuru Town West police commander, Samson Andaje, said an investigation into the incident has already been initiated. Andaje added that when the police arrived at the school, they found the office broken into. It is still unclear if the killers stole anything from the school.
“This incident was not aimed at an individual because the office was broken into. The scene of the incident is being analyzed to determine what may have been stolen from the office,” said the police commander.
The son of the slain guard speaks
The son of the deceased, Dennis Simiyu Onyango, said his father left for work as usual on Wednesday after asking him for some money.
He said that when he asked why he needed the money, the deceased only told him that he would return it to him on Saturday.
Onyango also revealed that he received a call from an unknown number before he got the news of his father’s death. The same number allegedly also called his sister.
“When I woke up today I went to my job as a laborer in London Estate, but around 12 in the morning, a new number called me and the caller said he had a job for me, but I refused. The same number also called my sister, who later called me,” he said.
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Onyango said the phone call made them suspicious. The caller allegedly told his sister to meet him at the school where their father was working.
“This issue needs to be investigated in depth because the circumstances of his death are not consistent. He has dedicated himself to educate us up to the university through this work,” he said.
Why is Khalsa Comprehensive School closed?
Meanwhile, the school management said it was closed following the incident.
The chairman of the school board said that due to the concern caused by the incident, they decided to let the students go home to allow the investigation to continue. He said students will be returned to school once the situation is resolved.
“This is a big blow to the school because there was nothing in the school. On behalf of the board, I would like to say sorry to the family, and as a school we ask the police to take immediate action to arrest the perpetrators,” said Bosire.
However, while the police continued with the investigation, some parents blamed the school management for hiring only one security guard to protect the large area of the school. They emphasized the need to hire more night guards.
“We are very sorry. Khalsa is a very big school, and security preparations like this are not at the appropriate levels, including security lights and a suitable gate,” said one of the parents, Geoffrey Ondara.
How the night watchman of Kahawa West was killed
Earlier, TUKO.co.ke reported that the owner of a shop in Kahawa West, Nairobi, was mourning the tragic death of his night watchman.
The attackers reportedly stormed the liquor store, destroyed the CCTV cameras and killed the security guard before stealing goods worth more than KSh 2.5 million.
Residents of the area complained that there has been an increase in such attacks.
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