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2 children drown in pond

9 May 2009, 18:00 PM
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A Correspondent, Cox's Bazar
Two children drowned in a pond under Hoaikong union of Tekhnaf upazila in Cox's Bazar yesterday. Locals said, Saiful Islam, 6, son of Abul Kalam of Satghoria Para and Tahera Begum, 8, daughter of Nurul Islam were returning home after enjoying Bolikhela (one kind of local sport). Feeling thirsty, they went to a pond where they started playing with water. At one stage, Saiful fell into the pond. Tahera, who was standing nearby jumped into the water to rescue him. But they drowned as both did not know how to swim. Locals recovered their body from the pond in the afternoon.
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