Diving squad recovers 50 bodies
Diving squad recovers 50 bodies MASERU-THE police diving squad has recovered 50 bodies from rivers in the past three months, and described the figures as record breaking even though there are no statistics for the past three years. Most of the bodies were recovered from Mohokare River, which is used by many locals to illegally cross into neighbouring South Africa. According to statistics by the World Health Organisation (WHO), drowning accounted for 0.38 percent of total deaths recorded in the country in 2017. Lesotho at the time ranked number 81 in the world in drowning deaths. A month ago, ...