The deceased, who was their classmate, was accused of destroying the property of the four students.
Police have launched a manhunt for four Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates who allegedly stabbed to death another candidate at Shiners Boys High School in Gilgil, Nakuru County.
According to Gilgil sub-county police commander Winstone Mwakio, the four committed the atrocious act on the night of Saturday, November 9.
The deceased, who was their classmate, was accused of destroying the property of the four students.
According to the police, the suspects have been suspended from the school. However, they returned to sit for their exams and discovered that their items had been destroyed.
A photo of students taking past exams. /FILE
The police chief wondered how the killer knife was sneaked into school even as he expressed concerns over indiscipline in the said school. “The four had been suspended for indiscipline cases. We can’t tell how they acquired the knife but the students there are notorious,” said Mwakio.
Mwakio revealed that the main suspect fled away with the knife and is being pursued since his three accomplices have been identified and will be under police custody.
The victim was declared dead on arrival at Nakuru Level 6 Hospital, where he was rushed for treatment. The body has been taken to the Nakuru morgue pending an autopsy examination.
This tragedy now adds to the growing number of deaths amongst KCSE candidates this year. Five days ago, a 19-year-old 2024 KCSE candidate Calistus Wamboye died in class as he awaited to sit his exams, despite not showing any prior signs of illness.
Calistus was a student at Ebubere Secondary School in Mumias East Constituency, Kakamega County. According to his family, Calistus and his sibling, who is also sitting for the same national examination, left home in good health on Tuesday morning.
Also, Meru County Commissioner Jacob Juma on Monday, November 4, announced that a candidate passed away on the night of Sunday, November 3.
In another tragedy, Abel Mwendwa, a KCSE student at Katelembo Center of Excellence High School died on October 20 after he drowned while swimming at a dam near the school. He was returning home when the incident occurred.
Image of a crime scene. /VIRAL TEA KE