Crocodile kills girl six

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Crocodile kills girl six

Posted on June 3rd, 2008

A six year old girl has been killed by a crocodile on Lake kariba at Sinalulongwe Fishing Village in Sinazongwe district.

Sinazongwe District Vice Chairperson Fisher Zimana named the deceased as Suzen kazunga who was caught by the crocodile while she was drawing water.

Mr. Zimana said the girl went to draw water with her mother and other family members.

He said when they reached at the Lake some children started swimming in lake while the mother to the deceased was washing plates.

The Vice Chairperson explained that as the girl decided to draw water in a five litre container the crocodile swallowed her.

“The mother tried to rescue the daughter but she failed and went to go and tell the husband, and the following day they only found a leg and a hand floating,” Mr. Zimana said.

He noted that the girl was allegedly caught by the crocodile because of the lack of a borehole at the fishing camp.

The Vice Chairperson expressed worry at the high incidents of crocodiles which were killing people in the district.

He warned parents against sending their children to draw water on Lake Kariba.

Mr. Zimana has made a passionate appeale to Zambia World Life Authority (ZAWA) to crop the reptiles that have become a danger to the people living along Lake Kariba in the district.

In March a family of three people including a pregnant woman was killed by a crocodile in Chiyabi area.

Mr. Zimana said a crocodile jumped into the canoe where the family was in at Jongolo stream, grabbed the woman’s arm, killing one in the process two people died at Maamba Hospital.

[ZANIS]

Categories: Rural News