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Search for Missing Infant Continues After Jukskei River Tragedy in Johannesburg
Search for Missing Infant Continues After Jukskei River Tragedy in Johannesburg
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At least 15 people have died while others are still missing in South Africa after they were swept away by a flash flood along the Jukskei river in Johannesburg on December 3.
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Search operations for a missing three-month-old baby are ongoing more than a week after the Jukskei River tragedy, according to rescue officials, cited by local media.The infant was a part of a congregation that had gathered in Bramley Park along the river to conduct a baptism ceremony and was swept away by flood water.The three-month-old reportedly was with two family members at the time of the flood. They are among the 15 bodies that have been recovered so far. Search groups are continuing their efforts to locate the missing. The operation involves the police, fire service, and specialist aquatic rescue teams. According to local media, there is no exact information on how many individuals attended the ceremony. Officials say they have constantly warned residents that conducting such ceremonies is fraught with danger. According to Jill Fortuin, executive director of Drowning Prevention at the National Sea Rescue Institute, the organization is frequently called out after a baptism has gone awry. The Jukskei River is located along numerous townships in the eastern part of Johannesburg. Religious congregations tend to gather along the river to perform church rituals such as baptisms and cleansings.
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Search for Missing Infant Continues After Jukskei River Tragedy in Johannesburg
11:23 GMT 12.12.2022 (Updated: 08:48 GMT 14.02.2023) On 3 December, a group of congregants which had gathered for a baptism ceremony along the Jukskei River in Johannesburg, South Africa, was swept away by a flash flood. Rescue teams have been searching around the clock for bodies and survivors since the incident.
Search operations for a missing three-month-old baby are ongoing more than a week after the Jukskei River
tragedy, according to rescue officials, cited by local media.
The infant was a part of a congregation that had gathered in Bramley Park along the river to conduct a baptism ceremony and was swept away by flood water.
The three-month-old reportedly was with two family members at the time of the flood. They are among the 15 bodies that have been recovered so far.
Search groups are continuing their efforts to locate the missing. The operation involves the police, fire service, and specialist aquatic rescue teams. According to local media, there is no exact information on how many individuals attended the ceremony.
Officials say they have constantly warned residents that conducting such ceremonies is fraught with danger. According to Jill Fortuin, executive director of Drowning Prevention at the National Sea Rescue Institute, the organization is frequently called out after a baptism has gone awry.
“It is not safe to conduct baptisms in rivers, dams and the sea. There are so many reasons why it’s not safe – because the river sometimes has rocks, and the congregants do not know the depth of that river," she said.
4 December 2022, 16:38 GMT
The Jukskei River is located along numerous townships in the eastern part of
Johannesburg. Religious congregations tend to gather along the river to perform church rituals such as baptisms and cleansings.
