Soldier drowns while fishing

AN NDF soldier drowned while fishing in an oshana at Oshakati on Sunday.

Regional Police spokesperson Christina Fonsech yesterday identified the man as Corporal Tomas Kandjimi (54). He drowned in an oshana next to the Evululuko location.Fonsech said Kandjimi was originally from Rundu and was stationed at the NDF’s Sector 10 at Oshakati.* In the Omusati Region, a 10-year-old boy died after falling from his donkey.Sergeant Lineekela Shikongo, the Police spokesperson for the region, says Bonifatius Shaninga Sakaria was sent by his father to take their donkeys to a waterhole.The boy decided to ride to the waterhole and his brother tied him to the donkey with a rope.Sakaria fell off when the donkey started running, and because he was attached to the rope, he was dragged behind the animal and suffered fatal injuries.He drowned in an oshana next to the Evululuko location.Fonsech said Kandjimi was originally from Rundu and was stationed at the NDF’s Sector 10 at Oshakati.* In the Omusati Region, a 10-year-old boy died after falling from his donkey.Sergeant Lineekela Shikongo, the Police spokesperson for the region, says Bonifatius Shaninga Sakaria was sent by his father to take their donkeys to a waterhole.The boy decided to ride to the waterhole and his brother tied him to the donkey with a rope.Sakaria fell off when the donkey started running, and because he was attached to the rope, he was dragged behind the animal and suffered fatal injuries.

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