Form 3 student drowns in a dam

Form 3 student drowns in a dam

The student drowned in the Kishenyi dam in Taita Taveta. Photo/Courtesy

A Form 3 student from Shimbo secondary school in Wundanyi on Saturday drowned while taking a swim in the Kishenyi dam in Taita Taveta.

Police said that 17-year-old Julius Mwanyalo had gone to swim in the dam in the company of his fellow students when he drowned.

The students had just finished attending their afternoon classes -- when they decided to go to the dam.

The body of the student has not been retrieved from the dam yet. Local divers and police officers from Wundanyi station are currently mapping the area of the incident before beginning the search.

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