Student drowns in the Gulf of Palu

PALU, Central Sulawesi: A student at a vocational high school drowned on Sunday in the Gulf of Palu, the third such victim in the past three months.

The student, Ardiansyah, 17, was taking part in a post- graduation school trip.

He apparently became separated from the other students and his body was found several hours later on a coral reef, some eight meters from the edge of the gulf. -- JP