POLOKWANE - The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has called upon Parents to be extremely cautious and practice extra care to look after their children. This appeal comes against a background of an incident in which a body of a three-year-old boy was retrieved from a pit toilet in Tshino Ndiitwani village under Vuwani Policing area in Vhembe District on Monday, 05 December 2022 during the day.

According to the information the victim is a three-year-old boy child and was last seen by his uncle on Sunday morning between 07:30 and 08:30.

His disappearance led to the parents reporting the matter to Police. The hard working Search and Rescue Unit, joined by K9 Search Rescue Team, Provincial Search and Rescue Unit, EMS and the local Police started with a search operation which culminated in this horrific discovery.

The Team conducted a search focusing inside the victim’s yard. This after the K9 reacted in the vicinity of the pit-toilet. The members then started digging the pit toilet after conducting tests to determine what might be inside. The body was subsequently found and was handed over to the local Police.

The Provincial Commissioner of further hailed the high level of commitment as well as joint effort displayed by K9 Search and Rescue, Provincial Search and Rescue, Local Police, EMS and Community members.

"These kind of incidents can only be avoided if we as parents, exercise extra caution and care and look after our children at all times." Concluded Lieutenant General Hadebe.

Source: South African Police Service