BALBALAN, Kalinga March 20 – A 5-year old boy died after he allegedly drowned in the Saltan river at Talalang proper, Talalang, here, Sunday afternoon.
Police authorities identified the victim as Ahab Khan Daway, 5, and resident of Talalang Proper, Barangay Talalang, Balbalan, Kalinga.
Initial police investigation showed the victim might have escaped from her grandmother’s sight when she went to get vegetables in their neighbourhood and proceeded to the Saltan river probably to swim.
During the search and rescue operations, concerned residents found the victim’s slippers on the river bank and that his lifeless body was found stocked between two rocks more than two kilometres away from where his slippers were found.
His relatives decided to bring home the victim’s remains to give him a descent wake and burial.
By Dexter A. See