Maria David
At LEAST three one-year-old children have separately drowned in water in the Omusati Region since the start of the year.
Two of the babies drowned in water buckets, while one died in a water pan.
This is according to the police’s regional commander, Commissioner Ismael Basson.
Basson said that five other people, including an elderly person, drowned in water ponds.
“One Angolan national of unknown age also drowned in the water canal,” he said.
He said his region also recorded deaths by suffocation of six babies since November last year.
In the Oshana Region, seven people died as a result of drowning since December last year. Three of deceased were children aged between one and four years.
An 80-years old woman was the oldest.
Police deputy commissioner Nico Steenkamp said that two of the victims drowned as a result of flooding. They were crossing a water reservoir, while the other two, aged 12 and 63 respectively, drowned in earth dams.
