Probe launched after man jumps from 4th floor of Mombasa apartment

 

A crime scene tape

Detectives in Nyali, Mombasa County are investigating a case where a 35-year-old man allegedly jumped from the fourth-floor balcony of his rented house.

In a communication by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI),  the incident occurred after his alleged three friends showed up at his door two days ago.

"Reporting to the police on the phone, the panic-stricken caretaker at the apartment within the Kadzandani area explained how he saw a fellow human land on the cabros of his workplace, only to realise it was one of his tenants," DCI said.

Visiting the scene, police learned from the injured man's wife that she had heard a knock at their door.

The authorities noted that when the wife went to answer the door, her husband who peeped from the bedroom window flung to the balcony and flew all the way down.

After realising what had just happened, the then-confused friends are said to have scampered away.

It was then that curious neighbours, most of whom watched in dismay from the periphery, had a chat with them.

DCI said that the man luckily survived his tussle with gravity, but not without several broken limbs.

"He is recuperating at the Coast General Hospital.Whereas the motive behind the jump remain unestablished, search for the three friends who holed up since has been launched," Dci said.

BY THE STAR