South Africa
Three bodies recovered after baptism drowning─── 06:39 Sun, 01 Jan 2023
The bodies of three men who drowned following a baptism ceremony at Snake Park in Soweto have been recovered.
SABC News reports the men, aged between 24 and 30, drowned in a river while performing the ritual.
This is the second baptism-related drowning incident in Johannesburg in less than a month. 15 bodies were recovered from the Jukskei River earlier this month and the body of a three-month-old baby is still unaccounted for.
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Johannesburg EMS spokesperson, Nana Radebe explains:
“On arrival, we found that a baptism ritual was held and three male adults between the ages of 24 and 30 drowned. We are urging people to be very careful. This is a second incident within a space of four weeks where there was a baptism ritual and people have drowned.”
