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Free State police investigating separate deaths─── LUCKY NKUYANE 13:03 Wed, 07 Sep 2022
Free State police have opened an inquest docket following two deaths in separate incidents.
A 3-year-old died after consuming a packet of chips and soft drink bought from a local store on Tuesday in Phase 10, Bloemspruit.
According to a police spokesperson, Thabo Covane, the 3-year-old boy was declared dead by the Local Criminal Records Centre’s personnel and paramedics who were called to the scene by the mother of the deceased.
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Meanwhile the body of anew-born was found in bushes near Dewetsdorp road in Mangaung on the same day.
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Bloemspriut police have commenced with preliminary investigations - no one has been arrested yet.
“Members of the public with information that can help the police in their investigations are urged to call Lt Col Thito at 082 5262 691 or the Community Service Centre at 082 3166 346,” Covane says.
