A 14-year-old girl was killed and eaten by a lion in front of her horrified friend after the animal entered her residential compound in Kenya, authorities said on Sunday.
The unnamed child was snatched by the wild cat from a residential area on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, before her friend called the authorities, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said in a statement.
“KWS rangers and response teams were swiftly mobilized and traced bloodstains leading to the Mbagathi River, where the girl’s body was recovered with injuries on the lower back,” the agency said.
The lion is believed to have escaped from Nairobi National Park, which borders the residential compound from where the girl was dragged.
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