A family has suffered an unimaginable and irreparable damage as two of its members tragically passed on after eating donkey meat.
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An elderly man and a 5-year-old boy died last week in Namibia after consuming donkey meat that was suspected to have been poisoned.
According to The Namibian, the deceased were both members of a family of 11, from the Onkali village in Namibia.
In addition to the deaths, the other nine members of the family were admitted to a nearby hospital for observation and had since been discharged.
Slogan Matheus, spokesperson for the police, revealed that the child died on his way to pre-school, while the elderly man, identified as Malakia Theofulus, passed away at home.
According to Matheus, the family bought the meat from a neighbour on March 31 and ate it for supper, following which eight children fell ill.