Six members of an Apostolic church have drowned while being baptised in a river in eastern Zimbabwe,on Tuesday.
The two boys and four girls were among nine children aged between one and nine who were taken for baptism by two members of the church.
Police spokeswoman, Charity Charamba in a statement said: “Six juveniles died during baptism in Muriwo village in Mashonaland East (province) on Tuesday,”
“We would like to warn members of the public to desist from engaging in dangerous practices under the guise of freedom of worship.”
A four-year-old boy escaped from the river shivering with cold and alerted a passer-by, she said.
“After realising the children were dead, the culprits ran away from the scene but they were later arrested. They are being charged with culpable homicide.”
Local media said those arrested were two women aged 30 and 34.
