{"id":314866,"date":"2022-02-21T09:48:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T07:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=314866"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:48:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T07:48:36","slug":"three-little-boys-die-over-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=314866","title":{"rendered":"Three little boys die over weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 4-YEAR-OLD boy burned to death and two others drowned in separate incidents over the past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the weekend crime bulletin, Megameno Jonas (4) reportedly died on Friday at around 08:00 when the hut he was sleeping in by himself caught fire and burned down.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in the Ombugu Village in the Omusati region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, the grandmother heard the child screaming and saw smoke coming from the hut.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In another incident, also on Friday, ten-year-old Paulo Simon Tulonga drowned in Otjiwarongo at around 16:00 after he reportedly slipped into the deep side of a pond.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened at the water pond behind Acacia Park where he was swimming with other children.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday at around 14:30, Imene Johannes Ndatitangi (6) drowned in a water pan where he was swimming with three other boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at the Onambahu village in the Onyaanya area of the Oshikoto region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next of kin of all deceased were informed and police investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TRAGEDY: Three young boys were killed in separate accidents. 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