Mombasa Man Jumps From 4th Floor After 3 'Friends' Show Up At His Door

• DCI detectives in Mombasa are pursuing a group of men who scared their friend who fell off a residential building in Nyali
• The victim was with his wife in the house when he flung to the balcony after spotting a trio of his friends at his door
• He was admitted to the Coast General Hospital in Mombasa city after breaking his limbs during the commotion

Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

A 35-year-old man is nursing severe injuries at the Coast General Hospital after jumping off the fourth floor of a residential apartment in Nyali.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reported that the man was scared upon learning that his three friends were at his door.

Man's fall from Nyali apartment

The probe followed a report by the caretaker of the place.

"Reporting to the police on phone, the panic-stricken caretaker at Executive Apartment within Kadzandani area explained how he saw a fellow human land on the cabros of his workplace, only to realise it was one of his tenants," said the police.

Police toured the scene and got the man's wife's account of events.

She revealed that;

"I heard a knock at their door, and as I went to answer it, my husband, who peeped from the bedroom window, flung to the balcony and flew all the way down."

The friends, on learning of the thud, also scampered away.

"Realising what had just happened, the then confused "friends" scampered away like terrified rats before curious neighbours, most of whom watched in dismay from the periphery, had a chat with them," police said.

The man who broke his limb in the commotion was rescued from the scene and taken to hospital.

Police immediately mounted their search for the mysterious friends.

Mombasa man dies after falling from hotel

In other news, a 23-year-old man tragically lost his life recently after leaping from a four-storey hotel located in the Bondeni Old Town area.

Mombasa County Police Commander Stephen Matu said the man sustained internal injuries in the stomach and head.

In a shocking turn of events, the man, draped in a white towel, made a harrowing fall from a city hotel window to the pavement below.

Amateur videos swiftly spread online, capturing the intense moment as the man descended onto parked cars, grabbing the attention of onlookers.

Despite initial efforts at Coast Provincial General Hospital to stabilise his condition, the man eventually succumbed to his injuries, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the plunge.

Proofreading by Asher Omondi, current affairs journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.