Seven drown in two days

Seven drown in two days

SEMARANG, Central Java: Seven people drowned in pools and
rivers in three Central Java towns and one village on Saturday
and Sunday, officials said on Monday.

In the town of Demak, the bodies of Juida, 70, and Kasminah,
60, were found floating in a pool in the backyard of their house
on Saturday.

Police believe the two slipped into the pool. The other five
incidents occurred on Sunday.

Marsinah, 55, was found dead floating in her neighbor's pool.
Police saw no signs of a struggle and are for the moment assuming
her death to be an accident.

In the city of Semarang, locals discovered the body of Sumadi,
45, floating in a flood canal. He had been missing since
Saturday.

In Surakarta, four-year-old Adytia Rizki Pangestu was found
dead in a public swimming pool, Tirtomoyo Manahan Surakarta.

And Mugiyono, 45, and 11-year-old Novi Wulandari, both from
the village of Bandengan in the regency of Grobogan, drowned in a
flash flood. -- JP