Rescuers search for victims of drowning in a river in Ciamis, West Java, Indonesia (Image credit: AP

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11 kids drowned, 10 rescued in Indonesia

Eleven students drowned and 10 others were rescued during a school outing for a river cleanup in Indonesia’s West Java Province, Local officials said.

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Published:17th Oct, 2021 at 6:14 AM

Jakarta

150 students from an Islamic junior high school were participating in the cleanup on Friday along the banks of the Cileueur river bank when 21 of them slipped into the water.

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11 kids drowned, 10 rescued in Indonesia

Eleven students drowned and 10 others were rescued during a school outing for a river cleanup in Indonesia’s West Java Province, Local officials said.

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