An unknown woman has drowned in the Liwawazi River in Balaka District.

Balaka Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Mphatso Munthali, said the woman, believed to be around 60 years old, has not yet been identified.

According to Munthali, police reports indicate that the body was spotted floating in the river by passersby, who immediately alerted Balaka Police Station. Officers retrieved the body and took it to Balaka District Hospital.

A postmortem examination revealed that the cause of death was suffocation secondary to drowning.

Meanwhile, the body is being kept at the Balaka District Hospital mortuary awaiting identification.

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