14-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Punished By Teacher
Category: Bizarre & Strange News
A family in Eldoret is demanding justice after their 14-year-old boy who was
found dead at a school dormitory in Kericho county, Kenya. The family says
their son Enock Kipkoech reported for the third term at St Teresa primary
school on September 26, 2022, while in good health.
However, the
family claims the boy sustained severe injuries to his body after he was
brutally punished by one of the teachers in the staff room.
“Kipkoech was asked to relocate from his class while having their
exams but would later return his locker to his class after the exams a move
that angered his teacher who demanded him to go to the staff room. Other
students overhead his bitter cry while coming out of the staff room.
“The said teacher followed him in class and demanded that he goes
straight to the dormitory and take birth only to be found dead at around 4:00
pm hanging by a noose,” the boy’s father Richard Siele said.
“Kipkoech had asked the school to allow him to call me that
fateful day but he was turned down. Previously, he had asked us to transfer
him from the said school due to corporal punishment but I had insisted that he
finishes this third term. I did not know it would result in his death,” the
boy’s mother Emily Siele said.
An autopsy report indicates that
Kipkoech had damaged arteries at the back of the left arm, dead artery spots
on his buttocks as well swollen lungs.
The report further indicated
the boy had been strangled on the neck.
“The school did not inform
me of the death of my child as would have been expected. No one attended to us
even when we got to the school. We feel that the school could be covering up
on the death of my child. Someone was responsible and they must be brought to
book,” the boy’s father said.
The school has however confirmed that the matter is under investigation by the
Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in Kericho County.
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