South Africa opens inquiry into death of 5 kids locked in freezer

An inquiry has been opened by the police in South Africa into the death of five kids who died of suffocation after being trapped in a freezer.

Sources say local police does not expect foul play over the demise of the five cousins who were aged between three and seven.

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Preliminary reports say the kids who were later found dead by their grandmother are thought to have suffocated to death after trapping themselves in the freezer.t
In a statement about the deaths in Kakamas, the police said they believed the freezer, which was turned off, locked while the children were playing inside it.

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