{"id":41623,"date":"2023-02-26T20:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T20:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/wall-collapse-kills-seven-members-of-one-family"},"modified":"2023-02-26T20:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T20:43:20","slug":"wall-collapse-kills-seven-members-of-one-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/wall-collapse-kills-seven-members-of-one-family","title":{"rendered":"Wall collapse kills seven members of one family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Seven members of the same family have died after a wall of a house they slept in fell on them at Mayani village in Mponela, Traditional Authority (T\/A) Chakhaza in Dowa. Police say six of the dead are children between the ages four and nine, while the oldest who was their grandmother was aged 52.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson for Mponela police station MacPatson Msadala said preliminary findings indicate that on the night of December 23, Abiti Beliyasi aged 52 together with her six grandchildren sneaked into a dilapidated house they came across and slept there.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround midnight, the owner of the house who by that time was in the main house, reports of having heard a sound of a falling wall, but she did not bother to check bearing in mind that the house was unoccupied due to its poor condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, on the morning of December 25 around 8 am, passersby alarmed by a bad smell and flies originating from the fallen wall discovered the dead bodies in a decomposed state,\u201d said Msadala.<\/p>\n

The matter was reported to Bowe police unit and the scene was visited by detectives from Mponela police and a medical officer from Bowe health centre. Postmortem conducted revealed death was due to suffocation.<\/p>\n

The deceased children have been identified as Mayamiko and Chikumbutso Kasangu both aged nine, Joana Charles aged eight, Kelvin Olandi aged six, four year-old Faith Kasangu and Benito Masamba aged five, all from Mayani village, T\/A Chakhaza in the district. Reported by Sylvester Kumwenda<\/p>\n

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