CHITUNGWIZA

A
7-month-old
baby
drowned
in
a
20-litre
bucket
of
water
in
Seke
on
Sunday,
police
have
said.

The
incident
according
to
a
police
post
on
its
official
X
handle,
occurred
at
Mhonda
Village
in
Seke.

Police
said
“the
victim’s
mother
had
left
him
sleeping
on
the
bed
while
she
was
conducting
household
chores”.

The
sad
incident
follows
the
death
of
a
1
year
5
month
old
baby
girl
at
a
Nkayi
village
on
Friday
after
a
house
in
which
she
was
left
sleeping
was
gutted
by
fire.

The
mother
of
the
child
had
left
the
victim
lying
on
the
bed
while
accompanying
the
victim’s
brother
to
school.