Three brothers drown in Cilemer River

PANDEGLANG, West Java: Three teenage brothers from Saketi village drowned in the six meter deep Cilemer River yesterday.

Antara quoted residents as saying that Asep Sopian bin Empu Sanjaya, 12, Dodi Sohadi, 13, and Eep Supandi bin Ganda, 15, were waiting for the breaking of the fast when they took a bath in the river.

"None of them could swim, so Asep either got himself in trouble in deep water or was swept away by the current. His brothers tried to help but were swept along too," a resident was quoted as saying. (aan)