A one year three months old male baby identified has Blessings Daka of Kakubo Village in Chongwe district has drowned.
According to Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi, On December 3,2022, Police received a report from Alice Tembo aged 28 of the named village who reported that her son drowned in a well.
Police officers rushed to the scene and with the help of the community managed to retrieve the child who was later pronounced dead upon arrival at Chongwe District Hospital.
Preliminary investigations indicate that on December 3, 2022 at around 05:00 hours the mother (Alice Tembo) went to the toilet outside and left the baby alone in the house. When she came back, she did not find the baby in the house.
She started searching for the baby and with the help of members of the community, the baby was discovered to have fallen in a well.
It is suspected that the baby was following the mother outside hence falling into the well.
The body of the deceased is deposited in Chongwe District Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.
An inquiry file has since been opened.
Zambia Reports 2022