Hand-picking fisherman drowns

Mushumbi based fisherman Leonard Kapanga (31) drowned at Mushonga vende pool,Mushumbi while hand-picking fish on Wednesday.

Acting Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Dhliwayo confirmed the case.

"I can confirm a sudden death case in Mushumbi where the now deceased Kapanga was fishing together with his three friends when he went to the deep end of a pool trying to handpick fish and he drowned," Dhliwayo said.

The police discouraged people from playing near water bodies since risk losing their lives.