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SAR team finds bodies of two students feared drowned in Kota Baru

Cops discover corpses 20m from location they were reported missing

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 17 Jun 2022 11:56AM

SAR team finds bodies of two students feared drowned in Kota Baru
Photos of body bags containing the corpses of Muhammad Zulhafiz Azman, 18, and Luqman Hakim Azman, 16, found dead this morning having gone missing yesterday evening. – Royal Malaysia Police pic, June 17, 2022 

KOTA BARU – The bodies of two Pondok Terusan Limbat students who were feared drowned while bathing in Sg Machang Limbat near Pasir Tumbuh, here, yesterday evening, were found this morning.

Kota Baru district police chief Mohd Rosdi Daud said the victims, Muhammad Zulhafiz Azman, 18, and Luqman Hakim Azman, 16, were found hugging each other at 8.40am, some 20m from the location they were reported missing.

“Both of them were found floating about 10 minutes after the search and rescue operation resumed at 8.30am,” he said in a statement.

He said the victims’ bodies were taken to the Forensic Unit of Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital in Kubang Kerian for further action. – Bernama, June 17, 2022

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