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2 children drown in a pit Latrine

By ALICE NACHILEMBE
Two children from the same family have drowned in a pit Latrine in Lusaka’s Kanyama Township.

Deputy Police Spokesperson Danny Mwale said Cecilia Mainza 10 and Gloria Mainza eight died after a pit latrine they were bathing from collapsed on them.

Mr Mwale said neighbors managed to retrieve the bodies as the parents of the two were not at home at the time of the incident.

He said the incident occurred on January 28, 2021 around 17 hours in Kanyama West Compound.

Mr Mwale said the bodies of the deceased were deposited at University Teaching Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.

Meanwhile Police in Lusaka are looking for Mubita Nawa 45 and Anthony Bwalya 39, for the subject offences of Theft and Forgery.