Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Bodies of 2 drowning victims recovered in Leyte

TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 7  -- The bodies of two drowning victims were found Monday afternoon by rescuers in Abuyog, Leyte.

The victims were identified as Rosayda Ng, 20, and Michael Realino, 39, both residents of Victory village of Abuyog town, 86 km. south of this city.

“Initial investigation disclosed that prior to the incident, (the) victims and a friend were having a drinking spree and decided to go swimming, but were washed away by the strong current and drowned,” Eastern Visayas Police spokesperson, Chief Insp. Ma. Bella Rentuaya, said Tuesday morning.

The local police recorded the incident at 1:20 p.m. on Monday at the seawater of Sto. Niño village.

The recovered bodies were brought to the Abuyog municipal morgue for post-mortem examination.

Meanwhile, fishermen found a floating body off the coast of Cabunga-an village in Sto. Niño, Samar on Sunday.

“The body is still unidentified and is already in an advanced stage of decomposition. It was temporarily buried at the public cemetery,” Rentuaya told reporters. (SQM/PNA)

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