Neglected 4-yr-old girl burnt to death

By ALEX NJOVU  
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl was on Monday burnt to death after the house she was sleeping in caught fire in Chambishi’s Zambia compound.
Copperbelt police commanding officer Martin Malama said in an interview in Kitwe yesterday that the incident happened at about midnight.
Dr Malama named the deceased as Sali Samanza.
He said the mother of the deceased, Maggie Nyirenda, went to drink beer at a nearby tavern when the incident happened.
"The mother to the girl left a lit candle and went to drink beer at a tavern at midnight when the house caught fire. The baby died on the spot and her remains are at a local mortuary in Chambishi," he said.
Dr Malama said Ms Nyirenda is assisting police with information surrounding the death of her child