A class six pupil has passed on after he was supposedly beaten by one of his teachers at Mikuyuni primary school in Kibwezi, Makueni County.

The kid was pronounced dead not long after he was admitted to Kibwezi Amref Sub-county Hospital.

Kibwezi sub-county police leader Ben Chagulo affirmed the occurrence.

He said investigations have started to disentangle the mystery of the occurrence.

“Yes, I have been notified about the incident. What I can say is that investigations will begin to get to the root of the matter,” Chagulo said.

Chagulo spoke to this writer on the phone shortly after the news on the boy’s demise broke.

Irate residents are camping at the hospital’s gate calling for the teacher’s immediate arrest.

Area sub-county director of education Kennedy Machora said he couldn’t comment on the matter until the truth is unveiled.

“I was headed to a funeral in my hometown but due to what has happened, I have cancelled the journey to come back and find out what took place. I’m unable to comment because I don’t know what really happened,” Machora told this writer on phone.

Machora said a postmortem will be conducted on the corpse to revealed the cause of the boy’s death.

“The parents should know that we will attend the funeral and reveal the cause of their son’s death,” he said.

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