This archive report was first published on 23 July 2019.
Published on July 23, 2019, three students from Makueni Girls High school are in police custody after they were arrested on suspicion of planning to poison their classmate in a row over a boyfriend.
The three, all aged 15 and in Form Two, allegedly planned to use chemicals stolen from the school's laboratory to poison their 15-year-old classmate.
The plan, which was foiled when one of the accused students refused to execute it, was reportedly hatched after the key suspect accused her classmate of snatching her boyfriend, a student at the neighbouring Makueni Boys.
According to the school principal, the key suspect had recruited two of her friends to help her 'punish' the victim.
However, one of the accused students eventually snitched on the plan to their class prefect, revealing the shocking details of the plot.
The trio had allegedly stolen hydrochloric acid, Benedict's solution, and phenolphthalein indicator and had designated one of them to lace the would-be victim's plate with the poison.
As investigations into the allegations continue, the three suspects are being held at Makueni Police Station.
