13-year-old student is the country’s latest drowning victim

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Updated: 9:16am – Police have confirmed that a 13-year-old student is the latest victim of a drowning incident which took place Saturday morning.

A man, who was present when the body was recovered says the boy was with 7 other boys who had gone swimming in the Vunisaleka river in Balolo street, Narere.

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The 33-year-old adds that he was alerted of the drowning after a group of people gathered saying the boy had gone missing while swimming with the other boys.

The body was found later that afternoon a short distance from where the boy had gone missing.

-Fiji Village

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