Five students drown at sea

Five students drown at sea

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Five students drowned Sunday after they
entered a no-swimming area at the Cemara beach resort in Lhoknga,
Aceh Besar regency, 17 kilometers from here, Antara reported.

Four of the female students were sisters and cousins from
Pekan Bada district. They were Jasmati, 17, Jasmalinda, 16, Lisa,
17, and Linda, 17. The other student was Rizal, a resident of
Neusu Jaya village, Baiturrahman district in Banda Aceh.

The bodies of Jasmawati and Jasmalinda were found 50 meters
from where they drowned.

Jasmawati first swam into the forbidden area, and was dragged
out by the current. Her sister and cousins and Rizal tried to
help, but were also pulled out.

Police and security authorities are still searching for the
other victims.

Local residents have a tradition of greeting the Ramadhan
fasting month by swimming in the sea and having a picnic on the
beach. (swe)