Limpopo prophet, congregant drown in a spiritual ceremony
Police have opened two inquest dockets following the
drowning of two people during a spiritual ceremony on Thursday.
The victims are a 26-year-old prophet, Mutali Kone and a 16-year-old congregant, Steven Neluheni.
Limpopo police spokesperson, Motlafela Mojapelo says the pair drowned while allegedly performing a spiritual ceremony at Ngwedi River between Tshilapfene and Makwarani Villages.
“After 12 congregants of a local church from Mashau Village in the Vuwani Policing precinct gathered at this river for prayer and other spiritual ceremonies, the prophet and the teenager allegedly got into the water and drowned,” says Mojapelo.
Mojapelo says police’s Search and Rescue Service and Medical Emergency Services were called to the scene and manged to retrieve the bodies.