The charred remains of victims are seen at a dormitory at Kyanguli Secondary School in Machakos, Kenya, Monday. A fire in the main dormitory of a boarding school in southeasten Kenya killed 58 boys and seriously injured 28 others.
Investigators suspect arson.
Karlo said, adding that gasoline could be smelled in the dormitory that night. He said the school administration investigated but couldn't find the source of the smell and did not discuss the threats. School officials refused to speak to journalists about the fire. Anonymous notes were posted Friday in the toilet and in the dining hall, calling on students to boycott classes to protest an annulment of final exam results for the senior class and an order by the headmaster that sent home students who still owed school fees, students and police said. I think it's because we went to classes, because what they wanted was disobeyed,'' said Michak Mutuku from his bed at Machakos General Hospital.