Two drown in wells

Two drown in wells

A 64-year-old woman from Outapi drowned in a well on Saturday, after trying to draw water.

She has been identified as Ndaapekeka Amunyela. The incident took place at a village in the Ombalantu area.* An eight-year-old girl, also from Ombalantu, drowned in a well on Saturday morning.She had been playing with other children when she slipped, a Police report from yesterday states.* A seven-day-old baby died in Ohangwena on Thursday after the hut in which she had been sleeping caught fire.According to the Police, the child, Ndemutwila Wilhelm, was left alone in her mother’s hut with a lit candle.Upon the mother’s return, she is said to have found the hut burning.The incident took place at a village in the Ombalantu area.* An eight-year-old girl, also from Ombalantu, drowned in a well on Saturday morning.She had been playing with other children when she slipped, a Police report from yesterday states.* A seven-day-old baby died in Ohangwena on Thursday after the hut in which she had been sleeping caught fire.According to the Police, the child, Ndemutwila Wilhelm, was left alone in her mother’s hut with a lit candle.Upon the mother’s return, she is said to have found the hut burning.

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