Students drowned while fishing

BOYOLALI, Central Java: Four students from Blumbang village, in the Klego subdistrict, drowned Wednesday after falling into the Bade dam while fishing with five other children.

They were Agus Santoso, 11, Marsono, 14, Partin, 15, and Purwanto, 15, Antara reported yesterday.

The four were fishing from the embankment when, dissatisfied with their catch, they decided to explore the marsh and suddenly slipped into a hole.

The students could not swim. (swe)