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Toddler drowns in a bucket
08 Apr 2013 at 03:20hrs | Views
A-one-and-a-half-year-old Chitungwiza toddler last week drowned in a bucket.
Acting Harare provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Tarirai Dube confirmed the incident.
"We recieved a report of the death of a-one-and-a-half-year-old toddler from Unit N in Chitungwiza who fell in a bucket filled with water while playing in the toilet and drowned," she said.
According to reports gathered by police it is alleged that on April 3 the toddler was playing outside the house unmonitored when he proceeded to the toilet.
It is alleged that while inside the toilet the toddler approached a bucket which was filled with water.
Police reports indicates that the toddler allegedly fell in the bucket and drowned.
The toddler was later discovered by a relative who had visited the toilet and a report was made to the police.
Acting Harare provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Tarirai Dube confirmed the incident.
"We recieved a report of the death of a-one-and-a-half-year-old toddler from Unit N in Chitungwiza who fell in a bucket filled with water while playing in the toilet and drowned," she said.
It is alleged that while inside the toilet the toddler approached a bucket which was filled with water.
Police reports indicates that the toddler allegedly fell in the bucket and drowned.
The toddler was later discovered by a relative who had visited the toilet and a report was made to the police.
Source - TH
