Girl drowns at Dzaleka camp

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Drowning

DrowningAn eight year old Congolese girl has drowned in a stream near Dzaleka refugee camp in Dowa district in Malawi.

According to Dowa police spokesperson Richard Kaponda, the deceased Angelee Mukuma together with friends and siblings on 19 October this year went to swim in a stream close to Dzaleka refugee camp located in the area of T/A Mkukulu.

“While they were swimming the deceased went into deeper waters and she got stuck by mud,” said Kaponda.

Kaponda added that one of the deceased’s sisters run to the camp and reported the matter to her father.