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Police Investigates Death Of 7 Children in Mubende

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Police in Mubende district is investigating circumstances under which 7 children aged between 1 and 12 years reportedly suffocated to death in a tent.

The incident is said to have happened in Rwenkabi village, Kitenga Sub county Mubende district, when the minors took shelter from an evening drizzle in a tent with a burning charcoal stove.

According to the Wamala Region Police spokesperson, Racheal Kawala, the incident happened on Monday when Bruno Yiga, 26, a resident of Kisenyi Kipopo village, Bugonzi Parish, Kitenga sub-county in Mubende district realized seven children had passed on following a heavy downpour.

“Yiga reported to police that the unfortunate incident took place on Monday at Rwenkabi village, Kitenga sub-county in Mubende district. The victims and one survivor, Madina Nakyanzi,14 a daughter to Muhammad Kalisa had taken shelter in a tent erected on Kalisa’s hired cultivated land as it drizzled,” Kawala said in a statement.

Kawala said investigations will seek to establish how the seven children suffocated to death while sleeping in a tent with a charcoal stove during the day.

“The scene has been visited and exhibits recovered whereas the bodies have been taken to Mubende hospital mortuary pending post-mortem examination as investigations continue,” Kawala said.

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