According to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), a 14-year-old girl was killed by a female lion at a ranch south of Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. The girl was attacked within her own house. Another adolescent who was inside the house at the time claimed to have witnessed the lioness grab the girl before warning others.
According to authorities, there was no proof that the victim or witness had provoked the attack in any way. The lioness was thought to have climbed a “makeshift” fence to enter the residential neighborhood after being drawn there by the lack of food. The girl’s body was found in the Mbagathi River after rangers and emergency teams were swiftly called in and followed a trail of bloodstains, according to KWS. She had suffered a lower back injury. The lioness was still missing as of Friday.
To find the lioness, search teams swept the area and authorities placed traps. In Africa, lion attacks on people are uncommon, particularly when they do not include animals. According to KWS officials, talks were taking place to “reinforce security measures” in an attempt to stop future occurrences of the same kind. A day earlier, an elephant in Kenya’s Nyeri County killed a 54-year-old man in an unconnected incident, according to the KWS.
