Two Children have died after a wall of a house collapsed on them in the area of Traditional Authority Chapananga in Chikwawa District.

Chikwawa Police Spokesperson Dickson Matemba has confirmed of the accident in an interview with the press, saying the accident happened on Monday.

Matemba identified the two as Vanessa Madandaulo, 4 and Esnart Stonard, 5, all from Sibutaya Village.

“The two children left home to play in a house which was in a dilapidated state. It is believed that while playing the wall fell on them,” reads part of a statement, signed by Chikwawa Police spokesperson, Dickson Matemba.

Post-mortem results at Gola Health Centre have revealed that the two died due to suffocation.