BEIJING, May 13 (UPI) -- Nine children drowned in two weekend incidents in China, state officials said.
Five fifth-graders were playing along a river in Kinyang City in central China's Henan province Sunday when they fell in the water. One child was rescued but the four others drowned, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
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On Saturday, five middle school students in southern China's Guandong province drowned when one child fell into the water and four others jumped in trying to help, authorities said.
