Police reports from Kwale County indicate that a man was reportedly mauled to death by a lion at the Shimba Hills National Park Reserve in Kwale County.
The deceased’s body was discovered by a Kenya Wildlife Service warden who was on patrol around 9am on January 02.
According to police reports the warden found an abandoned motorcycle at Marere forest area on the Kwale – Kinango road.
There were also lion foot prints beside where the motorcycle was parked.
“After a short follow up they found freshly human body parts of unknown male African adult suspected to have been mauled by a lion,” the police reports read in part.
The body of the deceased was collected by the police and taken to the morgue.
“Police officers from Kwale Police Station led by County Police Commander and KWS officers visited the scene. The remains of the body have been collected and taken to Kwale sub-county hospital mortuary awaiting identification and postmortem.”
Police have in the meantime started investigations into the incident.
