{"id":361583,"date":"2024-08-19T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=361583"},"modified":"2024-08-19T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:58:42","slug":"girl-8-drowns-in-water-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=361583","title":{"rendered":"Girl, 8, drowns in water canal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria David<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AN eight-year-old girl reportedly drowned in a water canal while doing laundry with her siblings in Omusati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Omusati&#8217;s Crime Investigation Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Moses Simaho, said the incident occurred around 17:13 at Onhokolo village in the Anamulenge Constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Simaho, the deceased was allegedly doing laundry with her siblings next to the water canal when she was seen falling into the canal while the others were busy washing their clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe siblings tried to rescue her from the water, but they failed as she went deeper into the canal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the deceased&#8217;s lifeless body was later removed from the canal by members of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was identified as Monika Ndahambelela Hafeni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simaho indicated that the body is temporarily being kept at Outapi Hospital&#8217;s mortuary and will be further transported to Okahao Police mortuary for a post-mortem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David AN eight-year-old girl reportedly drowned in a water canal while doing laundry with her siblings in Omusati. Omusati&#8217;s Crime Investigation Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Moses Simaho, said the incident occurred around 17:13 at Onhokolo village in the Anamulenge Constituency. 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