In Nsanje three dead bodies of people who went missing after a canoe accident on the Shire at Phokera dock on Friday have been retrieved yesterday within the dock.

Nsanje Police Public Relations Officer Sub-Inspector Agness Zalakoma has confirmed about the issue.

Zalakoma has indentified the people as Doffe Sole aged 25, Fanny Sole aged 18 all from Biyasi village in the of Traditional Authority Mbenje and Jambo Didimo aged 30 from Banzi village T/A Mbenje in Nsanje district.

Meanwhile sub-Inspector Zalakoma has said that post-mortem conducted has revealed that the three died due to suffocation

However following this incident Zalakoma says efforts are being made to recover one remaining missing person.