School boy electrocuted

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School boy electrocuted

EENHANA - Police at Okongo in the Ohangwena Region are investigating the circumstances under which a pupil was electrocuted at the Oshela Senior Secondary School.

A Police spokesperson at Eenhana said 16-year-old Henock David was apparently electrocuted at the school at about 16h20 on Wednesday.

He apparently climbed onto the school's roof to retrieve a ball he was playing with, and was electrocuted when he touched a power cable on the roof.

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