This archive report was first published on 12 June 2021.
On June 9, 2021, the body of Najma Abdullahi, a 19-year-old KCSE 2020 candidate, was found at Portreiz Hospital in Mombasa County.
According to autopsy results conducted at the Coast Provincial General Hospital, Abdullahi died of a high-velocity injury, which caused a fracture on the right side of her head.
DCI detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding her death, with samples taken to determine if she was sexually assaulted before being killed.
"There is evidence of torture and you can see that even her head was hit with a blunt object," said Francis Ouma, a human rights defender.
Abdullahi went missing after seeing off a friend who had gone to visit their Changamwe home in Mombasa County.
Her sister, Effrah Abdullahi, reported that Najma left the house at 4pm on the day she went missing, only to be found dead three days later.
"I talked to her at around 6pm and she told me that she was on her way back home. However, at around 7pm, her phone was off and we could not trace her," Effrah told the press.
Abdullahi was a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidate who scored a B and was expected to join university.
