By White Luhanga
An 8-year-old boy in Chief Chanje’s Chiefdom in Chipangali District of the Eastern Province has drowned in the Kamwankunku Stream, where he went to swim with other children.
Eastern Province Police Commissioner Robertson Mweemba says the incident happened on October 2, 2025, around 12:00 hours in Kamambina Village.
The brief facts of the matter are that the deceased, Kezias Banda, went to the stream with his friends to swim. While in the water, Kezias struggled and eventually drowned.
His friends quickly informed their relatives about the incident.
Upon receiving the news, family members and villagers rushed to the stream, where they found the deceased’s clothes at the scene.
He says the body was retrieved from the stream today, October 3, 2025, around 10:00 hours.
Mr. Mweemba says police officers visited the scene and, upon physical inspection of the body, no injuries were observed.
The family has been advised to bury the body and mark the grave for possible exhumation and examination.
©️Zambia Reports | October 3rd, 2025.