Guyana: Three children drown in pond

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of three children in Guyana, including two sisters, who drowned on Tuesday night after reportedly going to the Razor Grass pond in the small Massara Village, North Rupununi, to swim.

The police said that six-year-old Nia Jeffreys, her five-year-old sister, Michele and their  nine-year-old cousin, Alicia Dorrick, left their parents’ home and had gone to the pond in the village to swim.

Commander of the Regional Police Division, Senior Superintendent Raphael Rose, confirmed the incident.

“Upon discovering their absence, their parents initiated a search, eventually leading them to the Razor Grass pond, where the bodies of the three girls were found floating in the water,” police said in a statement

The bodies of the three children have since been taken to the Lethem Regional Hospital, where a post- mortem examination s expected to be conducted.

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