{"id":104670,"date":"2025-02-17T10:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-children-drown-in-disused-fish-pond-while-collecting-bird-plums-in-mberengwa"},"modified":"2025-02-20T17:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:34:33","slug":"two-children-drown-in-disused-fish-pond-while-collecting-bird-plums-in-mberengwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-children-drown-in-disused-fish-pond-while-collecting-bird-plums-in-mberengwa","title":{"rendered":"Two Children Drown In Disused Fish Pond While Collecting Bird Plums In Mberengwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Two young children, a boy and a girl, tragically lost their lives on Saturday while collecting an indigenous fruit, the bird plum, locally known as \u201cnyii\u201d or \u201cn\u2019ii,\u201d in Mberengwa, Midlands Province.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the incident occurred at a deserted homestead in Maduveko Village, Mataga, Mberengwa.<\/p>\n<p>The children had ventured to the area to collect the bird plums, which had fallen into an old, disused fish pond located on the property.<\/p>\n<p>In their attempt to retrieve the fruit from the pond, the children tragically drowned.<\/p>\n<p>The ZRP confirmed the heart-wrenching event through a post on their official X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday evening:<\/p>\n<p>The ZRP reports a sad incident in which a boy (4) and girl (9) drowned in a disused fish pond while collecting nyii fruits at a deserted homestead at Maduveko Village, Mataga, Mberengwa on 15\/02\/25.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred after some nyii fruits fell into the fish pond resulting in the victims diving in the pond to retrieve the fruits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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