Police: CCTV analysis links students to Utumishi Girls dormitory fire that killed 16
Investigators probing the deadly Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School fire in Gilgil have revealed that CCTV analysis has now identified students suspected of setting the dormitory blaze.
This development has sharply intensified scrutiny of the incident that left 16 students dead.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations said in an update that forensic examination of CCTV footage from the school, supported by enhanced analysis at its National Police Service Forensics Laboratory, led to the identification of students believed to have been involved in the arson.
“After conducting a thorough and detailed forensic analysis of the CCTV footage recovered from the school, coupled with an enhanced review at the Forensic Imaging and Acoustic Laboratory, an identification of the students who lit the fire has been made,” the agency said in a statement posted on X.
