A 14-year-old girl has been killed by a lion on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.
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.
