Sangoma feared drowned
2010-04-18 14:26
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Johannesburg - Two people were swept out to sea while conducting a baptism ritual on a Wilderness beach, the National Sea Rescue Institute said on Sunday.
The incident unfolded 100m from where a 35-year-old fisherman was swept off the rocks and into the sea a few hours earlier.
"At 08:54 on Saturday, NSRI Wilderness, the SA Police Services and the Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services were activated following a reported drowning in progress 3km West of Ballots Bay," NSRI Wilderness station commander, Hennie Niehaus said in a statement.
Despite an extensive search, the fisherman could not be found.
They were called back at 17:30 after reports that a 56-year-old woman sangoma and a man were both swept out to sea while conducting a ritual, Niehaus said. "An extensive search has revealed no sign of the pair. Both are missing and are presumed to have drowned."
The NSRI and a police dive unit were continuing their search for the three.
- SAPA