KUALA TERENGGANU – The body of a 3-year-old child who fell off a canal bridge at Kg Kebor Besar, in Manir near here yesterday was recovered this morning.
Terengganu Fire and Rescue Department chief operations commander Mazimi Mohamad said Muhammad Sufi Eijaz Mohd Sobrey’s remains were found by a search and rescue (SAR) team at 11.34am, some 500m from the location of the incident.
The victim and his brother had gone to the area to watch other children swimming when he was believed to have fallen into the canal.
His father’s immediate efforts to search for him proved futile and SAR operations went on overnight.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the body of a former imam who fell into a prawn cultivation pond in Kg Fikri di Setiu yesterday was recovered by a SAR team at 10.54am today.
Setiu district police chief Afandi Hussin said the body of Zakaria Mat Nong, 72, from Kg Beris Tok Ku in Setiu was found about 1.7km from the spot where he fell.
He said the victim had slipped from the banks at 7pm before villagers who witnessed the incident alerted the authorities. – Bernama, December 13, 2022
