The incident took place on Sunday 28th November 2021 in Sunzu village, Nkenke cell of Kinoni sector in Burera district, Northern Province. <\/p>\n
Before they went to swim, the three students were along with colleagues at a nearby football pitch where their school participated in inter-schools\u2019 football competition. <\/p>\n
The executive secretary of Kinoni sector, Marie Nyirasafari has said that their bodies have been retrieved and taken to Ruhengeri Hospital for postmortem. <\/p>\n
He appealed on residents to avoid swimming in the lake noting as more people have drowned in it due to its structure. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want schools to alert local leaders and security officials in case they are organizing similar events to prevent such incidences,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The deceased include a 18-year old male student from Musanze district who was studying Construction in senior four, 21-year old girl hailing from Rubavu district who studied in senior six, the same option and another young man aged 19 from Nyabihu who was studying Tourism in senior five. <\/p>\n
IGIHE has learnt, by press time, that the head teacher and prefect of discipline who had escorted students to the match have been arrested. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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