Illegal Electricity Connections Kill 4 in Mpumalanga in Separate Incidents, SAPS Warns Community of Dangers

• Illegal electricity connections have killed four people in different incidents in Mpumalanga
• Police have urged the public to refrain from stealing electricity because it endangers the lives of the community
• Among the victims were a 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, who were both electrocuted while walking in the street

MPUMALANGA - The deaths of four people in Mpumalanga have spurred the police to issue a stern warning about illegal electricity connections.

The victims were all from the Tonga area and were electrocuted because people in the community decided to steal electricity from the municipality.

Illegal electricity connections kill 36-year-old woman and 12-year-old boy

The most recent incident occurred on Monday, 13 February. In one incident, a 36-year-old woman was working in a field at approximately 12:30pm when she presumably sustained burns from a live electric cable.

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Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the woman's family rushed her to the hospital after she was electrocuted. However, she was pronounced dead upon arrival, News24 reported.

A 12-year-old boy also fell victim to an illegally connected cable on Monday. The boy was walking to a neighbour's house when he was electrocuted.

16-Year-old girl electrocuted while walking with boyfriend, another man killed while fixing a fault

Last week, on Thursday, 9 February, a 16-year-old girl died after allegedly stepping on a live electric cable on a wet street. The girl was found lying in a pool of water with loose wires around her.

In another incident on the same day, a man was shocked after trying to fix an electrical fault by himself at home, Capricorn FM reported.

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Alleged cable thief stuck in ceiling at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Mzansi fed up: “Leave him there”

In another story, Briefly News reported that an alleged cable thief's attempt to steal copper cables from the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in the Eastern Cape has ended in embarrassment.

The would-be criminal got stuck in the hospital's ceiling, and the facility's staff caught the entire ordeal on camera.

The video was posted on Twitter by @RONALDMASINDA and showed several hospital workers trying to get the man out of the damaged ceiling.

Source: Briefly News