Sarawak secondary school students missing following boat sinking

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Three secondary school students are missing after the boat they were travelling in sank in Sungai Kayan at Kampung Selampit, Lundu in Sarawak on Tuesday (Aug 20) morning.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/L6229  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Three secondary school students are missing after their boat sank in Sungai Kayan Lundu

00:07on Tuesday morning.

00:09According to the State Fire and Rescue Department, the boat, ferrying between 10 and 20 students,

00:15sank at approximately 6.10 a.m.

00:18The department received a distress call at 6.33 a.m. and dispatched seven personnels

00:23to the scene.

00:24One of the students, a 16-year-old boy initially reported missing, was later found safe by

00:29villagers.

00:30The missing students include a 15-year-old boy and two girls, aged 14 and 17.

00:36The search for them is ongoing, with fire and rescue personnel collaborating with local

00:41villagers.

00:42The department has also deployed its water rescue unit and a dog from the canine unit

00:47to assist in the search efforts.

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