Two schoolboys from Willes Little Flower School and College have drowned after going to bathe in the capital’s Ramna lake.
The two were retrieved from the lake around 3:00pm on Sunday and sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors on duty declared them dead, reports bdnews24.com.
The two victims, Adnan and Mahfuz, were ninth grade students at Willes Little Flower School, Dhaka Medical Police Outpost Inspector Md Bachchu Miah told bdnews24.com. They were approximately 15 to 16 years old.
Three students from the school went to bathe in the lake after playing football, said Ramna Police SI Rais Uddin, citing witnesses.
“One of them could swim, but the other two didn’t know how to. At one point, all three became submerged in the water.”
People in the area were able to rescue one of the boys alive, but the other two were found unconscious.
The fire service sent personnel to the area after learning that two boys had drowned, said Fire Service Control Room official Ershad Hossain.
The two were found and taken to the hospital before the team arrived.
