Drunk youths fall to death

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Two people were killed when four youths who were taking a walk after a wine party fell into a deep well in Sukarame subdistrict here on Monday.

Local police said they were still investigating why they had fallen into an unfinished well. They fatalities were identified as Usman, 18, and Mitra, 21. Their friends Taufik, 21, and Dayat, 19, also were seriously hurt.

Witnesses, however, said local residents, who were digging a well to find water, left their hoes and crowbars inside the hole as they took a break for Idul Fitri celebration. The hole was not properly covered when the accident took place.

Parents and relatives of Usman demanded after his burial that the police investigate the case, including the allegations that he had been drunk. -- Antara