Two children have drowned after falling into a well and a bucket of water, respectively in Mponela, Dowa.
The two have been identified as Mavuto Bykhot aged 7 from Kadammanja village and 1-year old Success Gostino from Chulu 1 Village in the Traditional Authority Mponela in Dowa District.According to Mponela Police Public Relations Officer Sergeant Macpatson Msadala, Bykhot met his fate on 17th September 2023 at Chikumbu Village while Gostino drowned on 16th this month at Chulu 1 Village.
“Bykhot was with his friends herding livestock when at that time he decided to swim in the well along Kamwana stream. But he ended up drowning in the process. While Gostino was playing with his 10 year old sister at around 08:00 hours outside the house near kitchen whilst their mother was busy with domestic chores “he said.Without the knowledge of his sister, Gostino went into the kitchen and started playing with water and he unfortunately drowned into bucket of water.
All the scenes were visited by detectives from Mponela Police together with medical personnel from Mponela Rural Hospital who confirmed the deaths as the result of suffocation secondary to drowning.