A girl has today Sunday afternoon drowned in Bua River at Tembwe in Mchinji District.
The girl named Promise, 14, Sunday afternoon had gone swimming in the river with her friends where she met the fate.
When the friends realised that Promise was in danger, they called for a help. When the residents from Tembwe trading centre arrived at the scene, they found the girl already dead due to suffocation.
Police from Guilleme post unit arrived at the scene and confirmed of the development.
Her grandparents, Mr and Mrs Samalani were attending to another funeral of another member of the family at Kadziyang’ane in the same district when this incident took place.
Promise was in Standard 7 at Tembwe primary school in the district.
She was from Lickisina village in Traditional Authority Mlonyeni in the district.
(Reported by Dumisani)
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