Three Rohingya children, including two siblings, drowned in a lake at Bhahshanchar in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Jamal Hossain, 9, and Anisur Rahman Anis, 6, two sons of Dalilur Rahman and Mohammad Hafsa, 5, son of Abdur Sabur.
Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhashanchar Police Station, said Jamal, Anis, Hafsa and Hafsa’s brother Junayed went to the Chairman Dighi lake in the area and there in the morning.
Around 11:30am, three children-Jamal, Anis and Hafsa drowned in the lake.
Noticing it, Junayed went to a nearby cluster and informed locals who rescued the trio and took them to a local hospital where doctors declared them dead, reports UNB.