3 boys aged 10 and 11 reportedly drowned in a disused shaft they were swimming in Kuwadza in Harare over the weekend.

The shaft was left open by the Harare City Council, and it was filled with rainwater in which the boys were swimming when tragedy struck.

The incident was confirmed by ZRP National Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi who told the publication that:

The trio was play­ing in the shaft al­legedly left by Harare City Coun­cil in Kuwadzana 5, in the Pad­docks area. The shaft is filled with wa­ter. Re­ports are that at first they would go in the shaft one at a time. But they de­cided to jump in all of them, that is when they drowned.

The trio was play­ing in the shaft al­legedly left by Harare City Coun­cil in Kuwadzana 5, in the Pad­docks area. The shaft is filled with wa­ter. Re­ports are that at first they would go in the shaft one at a time. But they de­cided to jump in all of them, that is when they drowned.

Their par­ents started look­ing for them the whole night, but could not lo­cate them. The fol­low­ing day, a Harare City Coun­cil em­ployee found some clothes at the scene and also one of the bod­ies was float­ing.

ZRP Urged people to avoid water bodies.-The Herald