Authorities are currently probing the tragic incident involving the deaths of four children who were playing inside an abandoned old freezer in the northeastern Zambezi Region, Namibia.
The children, ranging in age from three to six, were discovered inside the inactive deep freezer in the densely populated town of Katima Mulilo on Monday afternoon.
Initial investigations suggest that they may have accidentally become trapped while playing, leading to suffocation. According to reports, of the four children, two were found dead inside the freezer, while the other two succumbed to their injuries after being taken to the hospital.
A father identified as Aranges Shoro shared with The Namibian newspaper, “When I arrived, I found paramedics assisting my daughter and another girl.
They quickly transported them to the hospital, while the others were taken away in police mortuary vehicles.” Zambezi regional police commander Andreas Shilelo emphasized, as reported by AFP, that “There was a hook on the freezer that could only be released from the outside.
They were trapped for about an hour and a half, which ultimately led to suffocation.” Tragically, the two children who were rushed to Katima Mulilo State Hospital were pronounced dead upon their arrival, according to reports from the public broadcaster NBC. It remains unclear why the non-operational freezer was left outside the residence of one of the affected families.
