Hyena attack leaves 3 boys injured in Kenya

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A hyena. KWS official has vowed to carry out a medical examination on the hyena to ascertain the cause of the attack.

Three boys were seriously injured and 5 goats killed after a hyena attached Amalo village in Olenguruone division today.

The attacked occurred as the boys were taking their goats to graze in the nearby Greenland field next to Olenguruone town.

Speaking in Molo hospital after visiting the victims, Kenya Wildlife Service warden in charge of Amalo/Olenguruone ward Kipkorir Bernard Tuei said the three boys were attacked as they tried to flee from the hyena after it killed their goats.

"The hyena attacked the goats on the grazing field and killed at least 5 of them and left other goats with injuries. This is not normal and we suspect the hyena may be suffering from behavioral change or a certain disease," he said.

The warden vowed to establish exactly what could have caused the abnormal act after carrying out a medical examination on the hyena's blood sample.