Police have arrested a man in Homa Bay county after he was found licking blood of a dead body in Homa Bay referral mortuary.
The man aged 22 years old and was identified as ‘Onyango’, is said to have licked the blood of an Early Childhood Development Education-ECDE teacher, who teaches at local school within Gul Kagembe area of Rangwe constituency
The said-teacher was killed by unknown gangsters at her home in Rangwe on Tuesday night.
But on Thursday afternoon, Onyango who is said to be hailing from Ndhiwa, visited the mortuary where her body had been taken.
On arrival he went to the mortuary where the attendants advised him to follow the right procedure which is required of someone who wants to view a body.
According to the attendants, Onyango was asked to mention the name of the person he was going to view his body to which he gave a male name.
After checking the registry, it was true that the name he gave had been recorded to which the attendants allowed him entry.
After a few minutes of viewing, they decided to leave.
The attendants said as they approached the exit door, Onyango spotted the body of the teacher and instead knelt beside and begun licking it.
“He started by tasting the blood with his right finger before he knelt and reached out by his tongue,” one of the attendants who witnessed the incident told police.
This action attracted attention of the mortuary attendants who called the hospital security officers to arrest him.
The hospital management called police who took him to Homa Bay Police Station.
The man aged 22 years old and was identified as ‘Onyango’, is said to have licked the blood of an Early Childhood Development Education-ECDE teacher, who teaches at local school within Gul Kagembe area of Rangwe constituency
The said-teacher was killed by unknown gangsters at her home in Rangwe on Tuesday night.
But on Thursday afternoon, Onyango who is said to be hailing from Ndhiwa, visited the mortuary where her body had been taken.
On arrival he went to the mortuary where the attendants advised him to follow the right procedure which is required of someone who wants to view a body.
According to the attendants, Onyango was asked to mention the name of the person he was going to view his body to which he gave a male name.
After checking the registry, it was true that the name he gave had been recorded to which the attendants allowed him entry.
After a few minutes of viewing, they decided to leave.
The attendants said as they approached the exit door, Onyango spotted the body of the teacher and instead knelt beside and begun licking it.
“He started by tasting the blood with his right finger before he knelt and reached out by his tongue,” one of the attendants who witnessed the incident told police.
This action attracted attention of the mortuary attendants who called the hospital security officers to arrest him.
The hospital management called police who took him to Homa Bay Police Station.