Eight children dead in Cambodia after boat sinks


The authorities are continuing to search for the students who remain missing. - POLICE

PHNOM PENH (AFP): At least eight children were killed and three others were missing in Cambodia after a boat that was ferrying them home from an English class sank in the Mekong river, police said Friday (Oct 14).

The small boat was overloaded and sank about 50m from its destination in southeastern Kandal province after it began taking on water late Thursday, local police chief Am Thou told AFP.

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