Two boys die in drowning incident in Lahad Datu


KOTA KINABALU: In a tragic twist, two boys died after taking a swim in a river where one of them was earlier rescued in Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu district.

It was believed that Nur Naufal Iqbal Mohammed Nizam and Mohammad Juiqram Julmasalleh, both aged 11, were carried away by the water current while swimming with some friends at Kampung Tabanak at about 4pm on Friday (Feb 2).

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