Two kids die after allegedly consuming food bought from spaza
Two more children, aged three and four, have died after allegedly consuming snacks bought from a foreign national owned spaza shop in Vredefort in the Free State.
According to Captain Loraine Earle, police have launched an investigation after the two children were certified dead at the Multi-Purpose Centre in Mokwallo in Vredefort on Sunday.
Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, the spaza shop owner from which the children allegedly bought the snacks denied any link to their deaths.
“I don’t have expired things,” the man, only identified as Mr John, told the news channel.
“They didn’t die from the products from my shop. I eat the same products with my children; the whole community eats the same food; it’s not just two people.”
The Free State Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane, appealed to the community to allow investigators to conduct thorough investigation into the matter.
Motswenyane urged the community to refrain from jumping to conclusions or presumptions, which could lead to pointing fingers without tangible evidence.
“We want to assure the community of Mokwallo that as soon as the post-mortem process has been completed and the results thereof prove that any specific person must carry the responsibility for their deaths, that the individual will face the full might of the law,” said Motswenyane.
“The situation is calm at this stage. Public Order Police members are monitoring the situation and will remain in the area until we are sure the situation is back to normal.”
Nobody has been arrested as yet.
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