A 34-year-old domestic worker drowned in a well on Saturday.
According to a crime update issued on Monday by the Namibian Police Force’s Deputy Commissioner in the Oshikoto Region, Wynand Neels, the deceased was fetching water from the well when the incident occurred.
“It is alleged that one stick broke while the filled container/bucket was in suspension on its way out of the well, causing the container to fall back on top of the deceased inside the well,” reported Neels.
He added that others who were outside the well started calling him, but he was not responding. One person went in and found the deceased’s body under the water.
“The person tied the deceased with a rope, and pulled him out of the well. Unfortunately, he was already dead,” said Neels.
He said the deceased’s body was transported to the Omuthiya Police mortuary for an autopsy.
Source: Namibian Press Agency