Three drown as another cheats death

What you need to know:

  • Confirming the incident, Ikwiriri’s Divisional Officer, Mr Suleimani Mpangile named the deceased as Sijali Abdallah,14, Zuberi Juma Penya ,11, both residents of Umwe at Ikwiriri and Salehe Saidi ,31, a resident of  Dar es Salaam.
  • According to Mr Mpangile, the one who cheated death is Musa Mkamba, who was taking the deceased to the other side across the swamp.

Rufiji. Three people have drowned and another cheated death after the boat they were using capsized in a swamp, Rufiji District, in Coast Region.

Confirming the incident, Ikwiriri’s Divisional Officer, Mr Suleimani Mpangile named the deceased as Sijali Abdallah,14, Zuberi Juma Penya ,11, both residents of Umwe at Ikwiriri and Salehe Saidi ,31, a resident of  Dar es Salaam.

According to Mr Mpangile, the one who cheated death is Musa Mkamba, who was taking the deceased to the other side across the swamp.

The boat was filled with water and capsized on Saturday at 9am in the swamp at Umwe.

The officer explained that after the victims arrived ashore they started loading their luggage in the boat and started sailing across the swamp.

However, he said that after sailing a short distance they discovered that their boat was being filled with water, forcing them to sail back to where they came from.

However, the boat sank before they arrived ashore, and the occupants drowned with their luggage, saying the boat captain managed to rescue himself after swimming ashore.

Mr Mpangile explained that Sijali and Zuberi, who were siblings, were buried on Saturday at 6pm while Salehe Saidi was transported this Sunday morning to Dar es Salaam for burial.