11-year-old boy drowns in Gobabis, Namibia
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Namibian

Immanuel Eisig, an 11-year-old Namibian boy, drowned at Tilda Viljoen Dam in Gobabis after going swimming with four other children. His body was found near where his clothes had been discovered, according to a Namibian police report published on Sunday.
Immanuel Eisig, an 11-year-old Namibian boy, drowned on Wednesday 7 October at Tilda Viljoen Dam in Gobabis while swimming there with four other children. Namibian police reported the incident in a statement published on Sunday, according to The Namibian.
The child’s body was found in the direction of the place where his clothes had been discovered the previous day. The other four boys who were with him were aged between six and 11, according to the police.
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