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29 March 2024

Five members of same family drown in pond

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Five members of a Saudi family died trying to save each other from drowning in a pond in the Gulf kingdom, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

Two brothers aged 12 and 13 years were swimming in the pond near their house in the southern province of Asir when they screamed for help.

“Their three sisters tried to rescue them…they jumped one after another and never came out of the water…all the five drowned,” Alsaudi daily said.

It said the civil defence later managed to pluck out the bodies of two brothers and the three sisters, aged between 13 and 20 years.