Police rescue student stranded in a flooded river

Malawi Police in Dowa have managed to rescue a student at Robert Blake secondary school in Dowa who was trapped in the middle of a flooding Lingadzi river.

Robert Blake student stranded in raging waters waiting for a police rescue team

Dowa Police spokesperson Gladson M’bumpha said the rescue operation was effected after the water in the river reduced its intensity.

The student reportedly went to the river in the afternoon to wash clothes due to water shortage that has hit the school and Dowa boma as a whole but the river flooded suddenly due to heavy rains.

Pictures showed him calmly waiting for rescue.

Meanwhile, a 10 year-old boy at Mua School for the deaf in Dedza has been missing for five days, a development that has worried authorities at the learning institution.

Both Headteacher for the School, Henry Chiwaya  and Station Officer for Mtakataka Police Post Mackson Jere have confirmed.

The missing boy is John Wilson.

Police are searching for the missing boy.

Mua school for the Deaf has 180 learners 94 boys and 86 girls .

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8 replies on “Police rescue student stranded in a flooded river”

  1. Amasuta chamba ameneyu. Why was he alone? Why did he not leave when he saw the water coming? Please, lembani nkhani zenizeni. Ngati si chamba then the boy is not normal. We can confirm with the headmaster.

    1. kkk it a strange story. ungachape zovala dressed like that. Anyway, a life was rescued, thanks to the useless police which had to wait for the water to recede before ‘ rescuing ‘ the boy.

    2. kodi munaona mmene mtsinje umadzadzira?
      it happens all sudden. No time to run away.
      chodabwitsa can be how dirty the water looks. kodi iyeyu anafuna achapire madzi akuda chonchi? mwinadi ngwachamba.

  2. He seems strangely calm. Perhaps reading a novel. Legs crossed. Head cocked by the side. Si chamba ichi??

    1. Why was he washing clothes on Monday instead of week ends? He seems calm, hands akimbo, neck a destinate, mouth agape and nose ajar. Chamba chenicheni.

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