According to officials on Tuesday, the attacks took place outside the Kenyan capital, on a road that borders the Nairobi National Park in Ongata Rongai.
Anthony Pasha was dismembered and killed by hyenas while he was collecting firewood at a forest close to his home, according to family members.
“The hyena attacked him and it chased him away from the forest. He left his firewood and then the hyenas dragged him down this stream and finished him off here,” said his cousin Kaaji Lesian.
Pasha’s brother ran to his rescue after hearing screams from 21-year-old student, Kevin Mwenda, not knowing that his brother was also being attacked.
One of the wounded was a student at Kenya’s Multimedia University who was attacked by the hyenas late Monday on a road that borders the Nairobi National Park in Ongata Rongai.
Students from the university disrupted traffic there on Tuesday as police used tear gas to disperse them.
“The university is not safe because we are near the national park,” said Ochieng Kefah, a student at Multimedia University, who was among the protesters. “The government should, maybe, restrict the movement of the animals.”
The injured student was identified as 21-year-old engineering student Kevin Mwendwa, who lost a thumb in the attack.
A team that was sent to investigate the scene of Monday’s attack found body parts of another victim of the hyenas, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Tuesday.
The carcass was being examined to determine if the hyena had rabies or other diseases.
Hyena attacks have become increasingly frequent on the outskirts of Nairobi, prompting KWS to release guidelines on how to react when confronted by the animals.
“If faced with a hyena, do not move away until it does and continue facing its direction. Be loud, look aggressive, and appear frightening to deter the hyena,” the organisation says. The guidelines were released in January after 10-year-old Dennis Teya was attacked and killed in a field in Kiambu County, north of Nairobi.