Two Boys Drown

Police have cautioned children to stay away from dams
Police have cautioned children to stay away from dams

Letlhakeng Police are investigating an incident in which two boys aged between 11 and 13 allegedly died by drowning at the Ditshegwane village dam on Saturday.

Confirming the incident to The Monitor, Letlhakeng Police station commander, superintendent Mogomotsi Kesupile said Botswana Police Service’s Scuba divers from Gaborone were called in for the rescue mission and managed to recover the bodies of the two boys from the deep waters.

Kesupile said the boys were certified dead by doctors upon arrival at Scottish Livingstone Hospital in Molepolole. He stated that even though investigations into the matter were still at initial stages, the two boys who were in the company of their peers, were reported to have been swimming.

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