Four boys die after falling into drain to retrieve ball, say cops

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Four boys died after allegedly falling into a drain while attempting to retrieve a football at Taman Desa Kayangan in Sungai Karangan Monday (Sept 14) evening.  Kulim police Chief Supt Syamsul Sinring said two of the victims died at the scene, while the other two succumbed to their injuries while being taken to Kulim Hospital.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/272rbfr4  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:03Four boys, aged between 8 and 12, died after allegedly falling into a drain while trying to retrieve a football

00:10at Taman Desa Kayangan in Sungai Karangan Monday evening.

00:14Kulim Police Chief Superintendent Shamsul Sinring said two victims died at the scene, while the other two succumbed to their

00:22injuries while being taken to Kulim Hospital.

00:24He identified the victims as Muhammad Zafril Arshad Muhammad Azrin, Muhammad Iman Nuruddin Khairul Anwar, and step-siblings Muhammad Eril

00:34Aziz Muhammad Zafis and Muhammad Arif Naufan Abdullah.

00:38He said interviews with the boys' mothers revealed they had left home to play football before the ball reportedly fell

00:45into the drain.

00:46The victims were believed to have fallen into the 10-foot-deep, 6-foot-wide drain while trying to retrieve

00:51the ball.

00:52The bodies were taken to Sultana Bahia Hospital in Alor Sitar for post-mortem examinations.

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