The boy was in their house sleeping when the hyena invaded, killing the young boys. [buzzfeedkenya.com]A two-year-old boy was on Wednesday morning killed by a hyena in Dertu village, Garissa county. Salah Abdi was sleeping in their grass-thatched house when he was attacked by the beast at 9 am. Abdi's parents were not at home at the time of the incident. The father was out looking after his livestock, while the mother had gone fetch water 5km away from home.Amina Mohamed, the mother said she had left her son sleeping to get water, but when she came back, she found his lifeless body in a pool of blood.“Hyenas are all over the place either looking for water or livestock to feed on. I never knew the animal could enter my house, and do this,” Mohamed told the Star.Neighbour Abdi Yussuf, said he was drawn to screams from the young one but when he reached the house, the hyena fled and had already killed the boy.Cases of human-wildlife conflict in the area have been on the rise because drought and famine as in the last few years the county has experienced poor rains. Garissa Governor Ali Korane in October launched a water trucking and animal feeding programme targetting areas worst-hit by drought in the county.

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