Lokichogio Mixed Secondary School, also known as Lokichogio AIC Secondary School, is a secondary school in Lokichogio, Turkana County, Kenya.[1]
In October 2017 a militia attacked the school, killing six students and a security guard. The accused mastermind was a former student from the South Sudanese Toposa ethnic group,[2] who was upset over being suspended for fighting.[3]
The attack occurred at 3 AM.[4] The militia members, from South Sudan, failed to find the head teacher and the students believed to have been behind the suspension. Instead they attacked other students.[3] They killed students in a boys' dorm, then attacked a girls' dormitory.[2] The news reports stated two girls were victims of rape.[3] Students with serious injuries were sent to Lodwar Referral Hospital while those with minor injuries were sent to Lopiding Hospital.[5] The school was placed in an indefinite closure as a result.[6]
The primary suspect was placed into police custody on Saturday October 14, 2017, but died when a mob overwhelmed the police and lynched him.[3]