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Saturday, 15 August 2015

Photos: Dream beach holiday ends in tragedy as 7 students drown in the Indian Ocean

Tragedy struck on Wednesday afternoon August 12th when 7 students of St Martin Boys’ Boarding Primary School in Kahuro, Murang’a County, Kenya drowned in the Indian Ocean while on school holiday. The students, aged between 13 and 15, met their deaths while swimming at the Pavilion Beach, Diani, in Kwale.

The students were on a tour of the Coast as they waited to sit their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams in November.


Sources at the scene of the incident narrated how it all happened to news men.
 "Normally, there are trained divers who guide people swimming in sea, but the school’s teacher said they had their own person who would guide the pupils,”
The students, according to them, had arrived at 1pm that fateful day and immediately hit the waters in windy weather. They were having a good time until the receding tides overwhelmed some of the swimmers. They called for help but it was too late and they were swallowed by the sea. It took divers more than six hours to retrieve the bodies due to poor coordination.

According to the Governor of Murang’a, Mwangi wa Iria, the bodies were airlifted by Kenya Airways to Nairobi yesterday. The burial expenses of the pupils would be covered by the government.
“The families will receive their loved ones from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and will be helped to take them to the nearest mortuaries since the pupils came from different areas,” he said. 
Source: Kenya Daily Nation

43 comments:

  1. Sad.
    May the departed souls rest in peace.



    ◇◇◇◇◇◇ If ignorance is bliss, wipe the smile off my face ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇

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  2. Nawaaa pple drowning anyhow dis days. May their souls rip

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  3. Rip to the poor students... The school teacher is in serious ghen ghen

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  4. This Indian Ocean no be the same TB Joshua say Maylasian Plane enter???My condolonces to the families of the late ...#RIP
    *Linda's Future Hubby*

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  5. In oba of lagos voice,the goddess has taking this ones.
    May there weeping soul rest in peace.













    #sad indeed

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  6. Chai! That's sad, may their souls RIP






    #ITwillONLYgetBETTER
    #itMUSTendINpraise

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  7. Awful. My thoughts with the parents at this time

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  8. Rest in peace to their souls....

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  9. Still haven't gotten any help for the sewing machine I pleade for, please my fellow libers come to the aid of a sister. Gojinaka@gmail.com

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  10. Who ever was in charge of them should be flogged

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  11. Who ever was in charge of them should be flogged

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  12. Eeeeeeeeeyah! May their souls rest in peace. Linda take note!

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  13. This is so sad. May their souls RIP.













    #TeamBlessed#

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  14. 13-15 still in primary sch?
    This kenya sef...

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  15. In peace may their souls rest.

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  16. In peace may their souls rest

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  17. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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    RIP...... #NowPlaying>> high notes: banky w...
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  18. Enough already!!!

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  19. Lord help and save us frm tragic accident and untimely deaths. RIp to them.

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  20. Dis is really sad, RIP 2 dem

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  21. Anon 2:47 wat makes u think anybody will help an anonymous person. U genuinely need help reveal urself or stop disturbing dis blog.

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  22. Eeya may Almighty Allah replenish their deeds

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  23. This anonymous with sewing machine,we are talking about death here and u brought ur nasty black cracked dirty ass in here to beg.u need serious slap to wakeup.u have upgraded from begging on the street to blog.use that ur GB u waste on logging to LIB to buy ur machine. Anu mpama.

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  24. Please I need information on how much advert placement costs on Linda Ikeji blog

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  25. Sad! May their souls rest in peace....

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  26. OMG they were just kids, whatever happened to swimming pools? May they RIP

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