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Adolescenti annegati in Cambogia mentre tornavano a casa

L’imbarcazione si è capovolta provocando la morte di almeno 9 persone. Le autorità lavorano per trovare i dispersi

A portrait photo of a teen victim, Chanda July, is carried by her relative during her funeral procession in Koh Chamroeun village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Multiple students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river have died after the boat they were on capsized Thursday night, officials said. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A portrait photo of a teen victim, Chanda July, is carried by her relatives during her funeral procession in Koh Chamroeun village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Multiple students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river have died after the boat they were on capsized Thursday night, officials said. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A portrait photo of a teen victim, Chanda July, is carried by her relative during her funeral procession in Koh Chamroeun village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Multiple students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river have died after the boat they were on capsized Thursday night, officials said. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Mother of Son Sophat, a teen victim of a boat accident, cries by her daughter's coffin during a funeral procession in Koh Chamroeun village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Multiple students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river have died after the boat they were on capsized Thursday night, officials said. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A coffin of Son Sophat, a teen victim of a boat accident, gets off from a wooden boat during a funeral procession in Koh Chamroeun village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Multiple students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river have died after the boat they were on capsized Thursday night, officials said. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

È successo sul fiume Mekong, nella provincia di Kandal. Giovedì 13 ottobre un gruppo di studenti era di rientro a casa dopo le lezioni in una barca che doveva trasportarli dalla località di Kampong Dor Toteung al villaggio di Koh Chamroeun. Prossima alla riva l’imbarcazione si è capovolta e ha iniziato ad affondare. Quattro persone – due studenti e due membri dell’equipaggio – sono stati soccorsi.

Le indagini sono ancora in corso ma tutto fa pensare che le cause dell’incidente siano state un sovraffollamento della barca, la quale non disponeva di giubbotti di salvataggio, aggravato dall’aumento considerevole del livello delle acque dovuto alle forti piogge. Oggi i famigliari danno l’ultimo addio ai giovani scomparsi.

Secondo i dati dell’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità, più della metà degli annegamenti al mondo avvengono nelle regioni del Pacifico occidentale e del Sud-est asiatico.

Foto: Heng Sinith/AP

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