Charred remains of six-year-old found in burnt house


KUCHING: The charred remains of a six-year-old boy was found inside one of the five double-storey terrace houses that were engulfed by fire at the people's housing scheme in Batu Kawa, here on Monday (Aug 28).

The remains of Zayyan Nazeem Zainal Abidin was found in a room on the upper level of one of the houses at 3.33pm by a team of 18 officers and firefighters from the Batu Lintang and Padungan fire stations who managed douse the fire.

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