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Autopsy on Gikomba victims’ bodies set for today, say police

Some of the buildings and shelters damaged by a fire outbreak at the Gikomba Market on Thursday. [Maxwell Agwanda, Standard]

A postmortem on the bodies of the 16 people who died in the Gikomba fire is expected to be conducted today, police sources said.

The examination will be part of investigations into the Thursday morning fire that left 70 other people seriously injured. Eight of those are in critical condition.

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