TWO pupils – a 14-year-old Grade 7 and 16-year-old Grade 9 – have died after drowning when the boat they were in capsized on Mukamba Lagoon in Lunga, Luapula Province.
The pupils have been identified as Patrick Bupe, 14, a Grade 7 pupil at Nsamba Primary School, and Benson Kaseka, 16, who is in Grade 9 at Nsamba Secondary School.
Nsamba Primary School head teacher Humphrey Mwewa told ZANIS in Lunga that the two are said to have gone to look for bumble grass for making a garden while still on holiday.
However, on the way they battled with a strong wind which hit the boat and it capsized.
Source: Zambia Daily Mail