A 19-year-old student who was in police custody committed suicide in the cell at Kilibwoni police post in Nandi county.
A police report confirmed that Meshack Kiprop hang himself on Tuesday in the police cell using a rope he made from a piece of cloth. He tied the rope to the cell's window.
The report also indicated that Kiprop was a student at Ndubeneti secondary school.
Earlier, Kiprop was arrested after his kin reported to the police that Kiprop had allegedly threatened to kill him after a domestic dispute.
According to the Nandi County Deputy Police Commander David Kirui, the officers on duty
found Kiprop’s lifeless body hanging from the cell window after they heard screams coming from the cell.
The body was taken to Kapsabet County Referral Hospital mortuary where a post-mortem is expected to be conducted.
The police officers launched an investigation to determine why the 19-year-old student committed suicide.
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