The sole relief for residents of Broad Leaf in south Manchester on Monday was that the ‘death hole’ is no more. When the Observer visited in mid-afternoon, a backhoe had already completed the filling in of the 15-foot deep hole which took the lives of nine-year-old Shamar Morgan and his 12-year-old brother Marques on Saturday afternoon.

Sombre-faced residents and relatives of the two drowned boys watched as the huge machine begun digging a trench, which it is hoped will effectively channel water that used to end up in the hole.

Read more at the Observer here: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Broad-Leaf-grieves-for-lost-boys_829…