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Student loses an eye after being hit by colleague in ‘belt game’

Purity Karimi, mother to Mark Munene, a Form Three student at Igembe Boys in Meru County in the ward at Meru Level Five Hospital. [Olivia Murithi/Standard]

A Form Three student of Igembe Boys Secondary School has lost his eye in unclear circumstances.

Speaking to The Standard from his hospital bed at Meru Level Five Hospital, the 17-year-old boy said a group of students who were playing caught him unawares and hit him with a belt before he fell to the ground.

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