Twin siblings drown in Chandpur pond

Twin siblings drowned in a pond at Matlab Dakshin upazila in Chandpur district on Thursday.

The victims were identified as Jubaid, 5, and Junaid, 5, sons of Sharif Khan, residents of Bohori village.
The incident happened on Thursday afternoon when they were playing near a pond in Bohori village under Upadi Uttar Union in the upazila.

According to family members, the boys had just returned from school and were playing near the pond, leaving their books by the pond's edge.

Witnesses reported that family members found the twins floating in the pond and rushed them to Chandpur General Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared them dead upon arrival.

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