# Eight students alleged to have been involved in a suspected arson attack at a Kenyan girls’ school that killed 16 pupils have been arrested. The fire tore through the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, about 120 kilometres north-west of capital city Nairobi. The National Police Service said after interviews with students and staff and a forensic review of CCTV footage, the eight pupils were identified as persons of interest. Kenya has had a long history of school fires. Many have been the result of arson while others were caused by accident.
Eight students arrested in Kenya after suspected deadly school arson attack