Girl 'hit' by officer dies after two months in coma

Relatives of Margaret Njeri outside Pandya Memorial Hospital mortuary Sunday. Margaret, who had been admitted at the facility, died on Saturday. [Photo: Omondi Onyango/Standard]

Tears flowed freely at a Mombasa hospital Sunday as relatives of a girl injured during the Mpeketoni dawn-to-dusk curfew lost the fight for her life after a month and half in a coma.

Emotions ran high at the Pandya Memorial Hospital when Margaret Njuguna succumbed to head injuries suffered after a policeman allegedly hit her with a gun butt.