Two Boys In Blitar Found Dead Drowning In The Wudu Mosque Pond

Illustration of drowning (ANTARA)

BLITAR - Two children were found drowned in a pool of water which is usually used to bathe and wudu the congregation of the Mambaul Ulum Mosque, in the Combong neighborhood, Garum Village, Garum District, Blitar Regency, East Java, Wednesday, November 23 afternoon.

It is suspected that the two boys named Aisyah Alina Rohmah (6 years) and Abdul Ghoni Anabilisy (6) slipped and eventually fell into a 130-centimeter pool while playing around the pool.

Garum Police Chief Iptu Punjung Setyo confirmed the findings of two child victims drowning in the Mosque water pool. The two victims were found at around 16.00 WIB in a bath or ablution place with a depth of about 130 cm next to the Mambaul Ulum Mosque.

"Both of them were found dead," said Punjung, Thursday, November 23.

He explained, based on the testimony of three witnesses, namely the parents and the two uncles of the victim, before being found drowned, the two children played in the courtyard of the Mambaul Ulum Mosque accompanied by their uncle Samsul Mudawari (49).

As the two played, Samsul left the two children and then went to his neighbor's house in front of the mosque to help lift the wood.

However, after helping to lift the wood, Samsul did not see the two victims playing at the location. Furthermore, the two children were searched and finally both of them were found dead drowned at the bottom of the pool.

"After being found, the two victims tried to be rescued by bringing them to the Garum Health Center, but the two victims after arriving at the Puskesmas had been declared dead," he said.

To find out the exact cause of the two drowning victims, until now they are still under police investigation.