Brother, Sister Drown in the Dam.......Dowa Police urges General Public to guard their Children

Brother, Sister Drown in Dowa.......Police urge General Public to Keep Eye on their Children

Sergeant Richard Kaponda Dowa Police PRO

Police in Dowa district appeals to members of general public not to let children go for swimming or any dangerous places without a guardian.

The call follows drowning of two children over the weekend in the district near Dowa turn-off.

Dowa Police Public Relations Officer Sergeant Richard Kaponda says the two are brother and sister aged 11 and 10 respectively.

After attending to their farm, Sergeant Kaponda said the children went to swim at the dam leaving behind their mum who was still in the garden. 

“All were drown because they went to the deepest area of the dam.” He said 

“They were later discovered by some men who went into the waters to rescue them. They found them stuck into the mud and postmortem indicates that they died due to suffocation”

Sergeant Kaponda has identified the two as Blessings and Chrissy Kamwaza from Kamkwamba village of T/A Mkukula in Dowa.