THREE TODDLERS BURNT TO DEATH IN ZIMBABWE

THREE toddlers were burnt to death when their thatched house caught alight at London farm in the central Zimbabwean city of Gweru on Friday. Police said nine month-old twins Lovemore and Loveness Matemera and their two-year-old brother Melody died when they accidentally set their parents’ hut alight. Police said the children’s mother had gone to fetch water while their father had gone to cut firewood nearby. The fire spread quickly through the hut, which was partly roofed by plastic sheets. – Pana

Saturday June 2, 2001