See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
A canoe reportedly sank along the Cuyuni River in the vicinity of Eteringbang Landing at about 16:45 hrs yesterday (Tuesday 16th January 2024) with six students of Eteringbang Primary School inside the canoe.
According to reports, the children were returning from school to the Venezuelan border when their canoe took in water and sank.
Public-spirited persons went to their assistance and were able to rescue them all.
They were later seen and examined by Doctor Surujpaul at the Eteringbang Health Center in the presence of their parents and were thereafter sent away. They all appeared to be in good health but were evidently traumatised.
The names of the six children who survived the ordeal are:
???????????????????????? ????????????????????????????, a nine-year-old female student of Eteringbang Primary School, Grade Four; ???????????????????????? ????????????????????????????, a six-year-old female student of Eteringbang Primary School, Grade One; ???????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????, an eight-year-old student of Eteringbang Primary School, Grade Three; ???????????????? ????????????????????????, an 11-year-old male Grade Six student of Eteringbang Primary School; ???????????????????????? ????????????????????????, an eight-year-old female Grade Three student of Eteringbang Primary School; and ???????????????????????? ????????????????????????, a six-year-old female Grade One student, of Eteringbang Primary School.
The students are all from San Martin, Venezuela.
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