Saturday, April 23, 2011

Drowned in Brazil six children of the same family

This Friday's passion lived a double ordeal inside the Brazilian state of Maranhão, one of the poorest in the country, to be drowned in a reservoir six children under 2 years and older than 12, all of the same family. In his small boat for two people, Josie Martins da Silva had taken his sons and nephews to visit other relatives in the neighboring municipality of Bacabal.

Back home in the village of Piquizeiro, Green Lake, the boat capsized after colliding with a log. In the tiny boat with no safety equipment, traveling 12 people: 10 children and two adults. Six of the children died, and the rest, including a baby, managed to survive by holding on to some bushes that were in the middle of the reservoir.

One of the adults managed to swim to the nearest town for help. Several people managed to reach by boat in time to rescue the survivors alive. The six deceased died before being collected. The boat is a traditional means of transport in the region, and is often used to take children to school.

Police have arrested the owner of the vessel, the father of one child died and the uncle of the other five, negligence. Of the ten children who were on board, only one of them could swim.

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