Five found drowned in Central Java

Five found drowned in Central Java
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Spate of drownings in C. Java

SEMARANG, Central Java: Five people drowned in four towns in
Central Java, including two small children who died together as
they played in a pond, police here said on Thursday.

The coordinating center for control, communications and
information at the provincial police said that in Klaten eight-
year-old Amsori and seven-year-old Arifin were found dead in a
1.5-meter deep pond.

The two boys had come home from school and were playing near
the water, when they apparently decided to jump in and drowned.

In Wonogiri in the village of Ngrawen Ngunggahan, locals found
the body of 26-year-old Sentot floating in the Gajahmungkur
reservoir. He was apparently fishing when he fell into the water.

Fourteen-year old Jumaroh died when she tried to cross a river
in the Padamulya village in the town of Temanggung.

Subaidi, a 40-year-old security worker at PT Nyonya Meneer,
drowned while he was fishing at the seashore. He apparently
drowned after falling into the water. -- Antara