Three Year Old Girl Drowns in Flooded Rubbish Pit

Tragically, a three-year-old girl has died after Dorking in a flooded rubbish pit in Mansa District of Luapula Province. Rose Mwape, she has been named, died on Saturday around midday at Kalikeka Village in Mansa District. Luapula Province Police Commissioner Elias Chushi, confirmed the sad development this morning.

The girl was discovered by the girls mother, “When lunch was prepared, she went to look for the child only to find her dead in a rubbish pit full of rain water”.

The police later visited the scene and have since opened an inquiry into the matter, the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Mansa General Hospital Mortuary, awaiting post-mortem.