BY WATIPASO MZUNGU JNR
Police and members of the public are searching for a 19 year-old student who drowned in Shire River on Friday as he was swimming with his friends near Zalewa Roadblock.
Southern Region police publicist Davie Chingwalu confirmed the development yesterday. Chingwalu identified the victim as Victor Mkwinda Chilongo, a Form Four student at Number One Private Secondary School in Ndirande, Blantyre.
“It seems Chilongo and his friends went to Zalewa to play a football match against another Number One Private School, which is located near the roadblock. But before the match started, the students went for a swim in Shire River the incident happened,” Chingwalu said.
As of yesterday, police had not yet found the student’s body and the police spokesperson indicated they [police] with assistance from members of the public were still searching.
“As of now, that is what I can say because we are still searching,” Chingwalu explained.
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