A 15-year-old boy yesterday murdered a four-year-old boy as the two engaged into a confrontation over sugarcane.
The unfortunate happened in Nakuru when the form two student attacked the standard one boy and slit his throat.
The two picked a querrel over Ksh10 piece of sugarcane at Kwa Amos village in Nakuru North.
The st. Anthony Secondary School student slashed a eight-year old cousin on the shoulder with a matchete befre turning for the boys neck.
The boy dragged the remains and dumbed them inside a shallow rubbish pit behind grandmother’s house before covering the body with leaves.
The girl, who ran for her life and told the resident of what was happened, was taken to hospital, a local dispensary.
Edward masibo,OC{D at nakuru North, who confirmed the incident said that the asailant surrendered himself to the police.
The body of the boy was retrieved and taken to Nakuru Provincial General Hospital mortuary.