Two boys drown while swimming in canal

BAHAWALPUR:

Two boys aged nine and 12 years drowned while swimming in a canal in Yazman near Bahawalpur.

According to locals, the boys had been swimming in the canal since the afternoon. Rescue staff said the boys drowned in the 2R Dera Nawab Branch, which is five feet deep and 10 feet wide.

When the family members realised that the boys were missing, they tried to find them but found no trace of them.

After a prolonged search, they called Rescue 1122.

A rescue team launched a search operation and found the body of one of the victim about 1km away from the spot where they had been swimming and the other 13km away after a nearly nine-hour search.

Both bodies were handed over to the families.