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Monday, April 29, 2024

Search for woman, young daughter missing in Mekong river

Patrol boats of the Mekong Riverine Unit search the Mekong river in Nakhon Phanom’s That Phanom district for a woman who jumped into the river with her 7-year-old daughter on Sunday. (Photo: Pattanapong Sripiachai)

NAKHON PHANOM: The search continued on Monday for a woman seen jumping into the Mekong river, taking her 7-year-old daughter with her, from a moored boat in That Phanom district on Sunday afternoon.

Divers from the Mekong Riverine Unit (MRU) and the Sawang Naval Rescue Association were assisting in the search.

The missing woman is Veena Hanket, 44, an official at the education department of  Tambon Khok Phu Municipality in Sakon Nakhon’s Phu Phan district.

She was seen holding her 7-year-old daughter, Nong Yindee, in her arms as she jumped into the Mekong river from a boat at Pratu Khong pier…

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