A man suffocated to
death while trying to retrieve money from a pit latrine in Ngiriambu village,
Kirinyaga County.
The
victim, 30, and his two friends went down into the pit to remove their
neighbour's Sh3,000 that had accidentally dropped.
According
to a witness, the woman had promised to share the money with the young men if
they recovered the money.
Excited,
the men descended into the 50-feet hole and got to the bottom. But as they were
searching for the cash they started suffocating due to lack of sufficient
oxygen.
On
realising the situation was getting worse, they hurriedly started climbing up
but the victim got stuck inside.
The
survivors raised an alarm, attracting dozens of villagers who embarked on
rescue mission.
The
shocked villagers tried to rescue the man for but they were unsuccessful.
Police
were alerted and they managed to get the body out the latrine.
A
villager, Beatrice Muthoni said it took the police six hours to remove the
man's body from the latrine.
Kirinyaga
police boss Hussein Arur said it was unfortunate hat the young man died
painfully.
He
said investigations were underway to establish the actual circumstances of the
man's death.
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