The Buhera community is grappling with a tragic incident after three bodies were found floating in a well.
The heartwrenching incident occurred in the Muchefa Village of Buhera District on Monday, 29 February, 2024. Forty-six-year-old Trainer Chibanda, Palessa Muchefa (11) and her sibling Tirivashe Muchefa, who is five, were floating lifeless at the surface of the water.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the discovery of the bodies:
“ZRP reports a sad incident which occurred in Muchefa Village, Buhera, on 29/02/24 in which Trainer Chibanda (46), Palessa Muchefa (11) and Tirivashe Muchefa (5) were found d3ad and floating in a well.”
At the time of writing, the police were still probing how the three ended up in the well. They added:
“The cause of d3ath is yet to be established. Investigations are in progress.”
The Buhera incident is not an isolated case. In 2016, an 18-month-old baby leapt into a well and drowned while the mother was doing household chores in Epworth. Around the same time, a four-year-old girl who was playing with her friends stepped on a metal sheet covering a well, and it folded before she plunged inside and drowned.
In 2017, four family members suffocated in a well in Budiriro 4, Harare, as they attempted to drain water using a submersible pump. Authorities alleged that the man and his three sons could have died from inhaling carbon monoxide gas while in the deep well.
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Last month, the ZRP reported that two male juveniles aged eight and nine years drowned at Peter Dam, Mt Hampden, on11 Februaryy 2024. The two boys’ mother had left them playing at a house before they allegedly proceeded to the dam, where they drowned.
Zimbos on social media expressed pain after three people were found floating in a well in Buhera.
Crime:
“This is truly tragic. We hope that the police will apprehend those responsible.”
Mutito:
“Panoda kuitwa basa apo.”
Moyo:
“This is heartbreaking.”
Anesu:
“
3 people???”
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