Mga batang nangunguha ng kuhol para pang-ulam, nalunod sa palaisdaan

- Two children who were trying to harvest some snails drowned

- According to the report of GMA Regional TV One North Central Luzon, they were gathering snails, which they would be eating for their meals

- The two kids were aged 8 and 14 and were relatives

- They accidentally veered towards the deep part of the pond, which, according to the man who helped rescue the kids, was also a muddy area

Two kids, both girls aged 8 and 14 drowned in a fishing pond in Batac City, Ilocos Norte, while scavenging for snails to be used for their meals, a report by GMA Regional TV One North Central Luzon revealed.

The girls, based on the investigation by the police, were looking for snails, which they would use for their meals.

Both of the girls were related to each other.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Gayuchan, chief of Batac City Police, the girls went to the deeper part of the pond, slipped and both do not know how to swim.

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“Talagang pumunta sila doon para manguha ng mga kuhol. Nadulas yung dalawang bata hindi naman marunong lumangoy,” he said.

Posts, such as photos or videos, that arouse the interest of netizens would often go viral on social media. These viral posts appeal to the emotions of netizens, and in rare cases, such could also happen to ordinary people.

One example of a viral news post was that about the confirmation of the identity of the bodies of Geneva Lopez and her Israeli husband, Yitzhak Cohen. In that news post, the governor of Pampanga, Dennis Pineda confirmed the deaths of the missing beauty queen and her fiancé. The bodies of the missing beauty queen and her Israeli boyfriend were found in a distant quarry in Capas, Tarlac. As per an earlier report by ABS-CBN, authorities were able to locate the initially suspected burial site after a witness came forward. After an investigation of the two corpses found in the site, it was confirmed that indeed they were the Pampanga beauty queen Geneva Lopez and her Israeli fiancé Yitchak Cohen.

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Another tragic news post that recently went viral was that of a man and his wife who were riding on their vehicle and were ambushed on the road. GMA Regional TV One Mindanao reported that the couple was already on their way home when the incident happened. Based on the report, the couple were supposed to attend a hearing at the barangay hall, but it did not push through. Authorities were looking at a conflict on land as the possible motive behind the killing of the couple.

Source: KAMI.com.gh