Police in Katima Mulilo have retrieved the body of a sixteen-year-old boy who drowned in the Zambezi River on Friday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Liyambela Mabakeñi, who at the time was swimming with other children near the NamWater point in the Boma Surbubs when the incident occurred around 17h00.

According to Zambezi Regional Commander Commissioner Julia Sakua-Neo, the boy's body was retrieved on Saturday with the assistance of a high-tech camera provided to the police by a local business.

His next of kin have been informed.