2 kids die from drowning in E Kazakhstan

UST-KAMENOGORSK. KAZINFORM - Yesterday in East Kazakhstan region two children drowned while swimming, Emergency Department of the region reported.

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A 7-year-old boy has drowned in a waterway on Polkovnichy Island. His body was found by rescuers 40 minutes after the accident. The same day in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk a 14-year-old girl drowned while swimming in a pit near Samara highway. Her body was found and removed from the water by rescuers. Meanwhile, rescuers continue searching two men, aged 39 and 20, who drowned a week ago in the river of Bukhtarma in Katonkaragay district, East Kazakhstan.