A man and his son were on Wednesday night killed after a fire burned their house in Mukuru slums, Nairobi. The man, 27, was asleep with his two-year-old son when their house caught fire. More than 30 other structures were flattened. Over 40 families were rendered homeless.
The child’s mother was not at home at the time.
Police said the fire was caused by a gas cylinder which exploded in one of the affected houses. Elsewhere, two suspected thugs were shot dead in Mathare slums. The gang had shot dead a man and injured three others after a fight over control of a space in Nigeria area, within the slum.
Police said the gang came back in the night and attacked the rival group that they had fought during the day. It is after the shooting when police pursued them along Juja road and killed the two.