Esmond Martin
Esmond Martin

NAIROBI: A world-renowned ivory investigator whose detailed reports contributed to the fight against elephant poaching and the illegal wildlife trade, was killed at his home in Kenya, police said on Monday.

Esmond Bradley Martin, a 76-year-old American geographer who had lived in Kenya for decades, died after being stabbed in the neck at his house in the Nairobi suburb of Langata on Sunday afternoon.

“He was found dead in his house and had stab wounds,” said city police chief Japheth Koome adding that an investigation was under way.

Published in Dawn, February 6th, 2018

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