By A Correspondent- Police in Glendale, Mashonaland Central province said a three-year-old girl drowned in a pool yesterday while her mother was busy gardening.

According to police Mercy Manyika (33) of Plymouth farm, Glendale took her two children  Kudakwashe Mushore (13) Sharon Mushore (3) to her garden and left the children playing near a pool.

Sharon drowned and her body was later seen floating in the pool and was retrieved by neighbours before filing a police report.

Police warned people to look after children and monitor them when playing near water bodies.