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Boy on bird hunt dies from electric shock in Kumasi

By primenewsghana.com
The body of the boy being carried away
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A ten-year-old boy has died through electric shock at Dichemso, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Sunday.

 

The deceased is said to have joined his friends for bird hunting on June 12 at exactly 5:45p.m.

Dada, as hemwas called, upon spotting some of the birds in a nearby bush, Dada climbed a welding container which had bare cables around it in order to aim at the birds.

As he jumped onto the container, he received a severe shock leading to his untimely death.

His friends said they called for help but when it came, Dada was dead, myjoyonline reported.