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Child negligence an offence-warns police

Friday, January 13, 2023 | 410 Views |

Cases of child negligence are escalating PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Following a string of children’s deaths suspected to have been caused by child negligence, the Police have issued a stern warning to parents and guardians who neglect children.

Members of the public have been calling for stiffer sentences for perpetrators of child negligence across social media platforms labelling it as an abuse of the innocent souls.

This incidents and accidents which claimed children’s lives were suspected to have occurred due to child negligence. Recently Mmegi published a story in which a seven-year-old boy drowned in a septic tank full of waste water at a home in Oodi.

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Child negligence an offence-warns police

Following a string of children’s deaths suspected to have been caused by child negligence, the Police have issued a stern warning to parents and guardians who neglect children.