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A 75-year old man in Dowa identified as Phinifolo Simbi has drowned in a well which is used for watering vegetables.
According to Public Relations Officer (PRO) for Dowa Police Station, Sub Inspector Gladson M’bumpha, the deceased left his home for a drinking place in the same village and he was there until it was dark in the evening.
“The deceased drank till darkness fell, but he never returned home only to be discovered dead later after falling into a well used for watering vegetables in a dambo land garden,” he said.
The police visited the scene and after conducting postmortem, the results showed that the death was a result of suffocation secondary to drowning.
The police said they did not suspect that there was any foul play.
The deceased hailed from Kapudzula Village in Traditional Authority Msakambewa in Dowa District. The incident occurred in the same village on Friday, September 20.
