Three-month old baby rescued playing besides mother’s lifeless body

Bomet, Kenya: Villagers of Kiramkok Village in  Bomet County rescued a three- month old baby found playing beside her mother's lifeless body.

The 22-year-old mother is said to have hanged herself using a lesso in the Friday midday incident that shocked the villagers.

According to Tegat location Chief Simion Kitur, the woman had left her home in the morning with the intention of taking her child to clinic.

"The report that we got was that the woman, who is a mother of three, left her home early in the morning heading to a clinic. However, villagers found her body hanging from a tree while the child was playing," said Kitur.

He said police have launched investigation into the incident. He added that the deceased and her husband had been having domestic squabbles in the past.

A villager, who requested anonymity, said the woman had in the past attempted to kill herself by taking poison.

The child was taken to Longisa District Hospital while the body of the mother was taken to the hospital's mortuary.