A TEENAGE girl has been mauled to death by a lion who snatched her from a ranch.
The 14-year-old's body was found by park rangers after they followed a bloodstained trail across a national park in Nairobi.
The child was snatched from a residential compound on a ranch next to Nairobi National Park, according to the conservation agency.
The alarm was raised by another teenager and KWS rangers followed tracks to the nearby Mbagathi River, where they found the primary school girl's remains.
The lion has not been found but KWS said it had set a trap and deployed search teams to look for the animal.
The agency added that additional security measures had been taken to prevent any further attacks.
Nairobi National Park lies just 10km (six miles) from the city centre and is home to animals such as lions, buffalos, giraffes, leopards and cheetahs.
It is fenced on three sides to stop animals roaming into the city but it is open to the south to allow animals to migrate in and out of the area.
While lions often come into conflict with humans in Kenya, especially over livestock, it is not common for people to be killed.
Last year, CCTV footage captured the moment alion snatched a Rottweiler dog from another home near Nairobi National Park.
KWS also reported that a 54-year-old man was killed by an elephant on Saturday. The incident happened in the central Nyeri country, about 130km (80 miles) north of Nairobi.
The elephant was grazing in Mere Forest when it attacked the man, who sustained serious chest injuries, fractured ribs and internal trauma.
He was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries.
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