Zambia -Two children of Lusaka’s Chainda compound have sustained burns after their mother deliberately pressed a hot knife on their buttocks.
The incident happened after the mother discovered that one of her children had strayed to a neighbour’s home to eat nshima, Zambia’s staple food.The mother in a fit of anger allegedly took a knife and placed it on a hot brazier before burning her children.
University Teaching Hospital spokesperson Pauline Mbangweta confirmed to MUVI TV news that the two siblings are admitted in one of the surgical wards.
She said the children are responding well to treatment and their condition is stable
[Muv TV]
