Three cousins drown in Pursat’s Kravanh River

Three cousins drowned at a sightseeing spot along the Kravanh River in Pursat province on Saturday evening while their parents were busy eating and drinking on the river’s beach, authorities said.

“While their parents were grilling meat and drinking on the beach, the three [children] went swimming, fell into a deep hole and drowned,” said Phnom Kravanh district police deputy chief Chert Sambath. “It is the result of carelessness on behalf their parents.”

The victims’ names were Chheun Kemyeng, 13, Rin Richer, 6, and Ly Meng, 6, said Sambath, who added that their parents were teachers living in the province’s Trapaing Chong commune in Bakan district.

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