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Teenager Drowns After Saving Three Children In Kota Bharu

KOTA BHARU, Jan 19 — The good intentions of a 16-year-old turned into tragedy as he drowned after saving three children in a 3m-deep creek in front of his house in Kampung Perupok Tikat here today.

It is understood that in the incident at about 5.20 pm, the victim, Wan Muhammad Azamudin Wan Aznan, was in front of his house when he saw three children aged between 10 to 14 years old drowning in the creek.

The victim managed to bring all the children to safety, however, he later drowned himself, believed to be due to fatigue.

Kota Bharu Fire and Rescue Station operations commander Senior Fire Officer II Mohd Zaidi Yahya said the department received a call about the incident at 5.23 pm.

“After the search operation was carried out, the victim was found at the bottom of the river at 6.38 pm,” he said, adding that the body was then handed over to the police to be sent to the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital here for a post-mortem.

Source: BERNAMA

Adib Mohd

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