Kenya confirms six children died of suffocation in school stampede

Kenyan Pathologist, Dickson Mchana has confirmed that postmortem results showed that six out of the 14 children that died in a school stampede died of suffocation.

At least, 14 pupils were killed and 39 other left injured in the school stampede in western Kenya.

"We are racing against time to finalise the post-mortems and prepare the bodies for collection by the families for a requiem mass to be held at Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega," Dr Mchana added.

According to the BBC, police officers are still conducting investigations to ascertain what triggered the stampede.

Two of the pupils are still receiving medical treatment at the Kakamega Referral Hospital.

Education minister George Magoha closed the school until Tuesday next week, which has since been declared a national holiday to mourn the death of former President Daniel arap Moi.