Three children have drowned in abandoned illegal mining pit in the Denkyembuor and Fanteakwa South Districts of the Eastern Region within a week.
The first incident occurred at Boadua, a suburb of Akwatia, where a 14-year-old boy drowned in a mining pit close to his home during the commemoration of Ghana's Independence Day celebration on 6th March.
The pit, left uncovered by illegal miners, became a death trap for the young victim, whose lifeless body was later retrieved.
Just a day later, a similar tragedy occurred at Akyem Abompe in the Fanteakwa South District, where two siblings drowned in another abandoned mining pit.
