{"id":59706,"date":"2026-05-31T09:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pupils-identified-as-arsonists-in-deadly-school-fire-in-kenya\/31\/05\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:28:43","slug":"pupils-identified-as-arsonists-in-deadly-school-fire-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pupils-identified-as-arsonists-in-deadly-school-fire-in-kenya\/31\/05\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pupils identified as arsonists in deadly school fire in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the deadly fire at a girls\u2019 boarding school in Kenya, police on Sunday identified seven pupils as the arsonists using the school\u2019s CCTV footage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No information has yet emerged regarding a possible motive. Sixteen pupils lost their lives and dozens were injured in the fire, which broke out on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fire started on the first floor of a dormitory block. According to police, there were 135 bunk beds on that floor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the investigation into the cause, fire safety experts found evidence of an accelerant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As the criminal investigation department has now reported, the seven pupils were identified during the analysis of the camera footage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Six of them were already in police custody as they were considered possible suspects; the seventh had been handed over to her parents and is now due to be arrested, it was reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, according to police, the post-mortem examinations of the girls who died have also been completed. 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