China's CCTV video shows rescue workers searching on the river banks in southwestern China's Chongqing province. Photo / Supplied
China's CCTV video shows rescue workers searching on the river banks in southwestern China's Chongqing province. Photo / Supplied
Eight children drowned in a river in southwestern China after one fell in and the others jumped in to help, state media said on Monday.
The children, described as elementary-school age, had gone to play at a beach Sunday on the Fu River, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Their bodieswere recovered by Monday morning.
Eight children drowned in a river in southwestern China after one fell in and the others jumped in to help, state media reported. Photo / Supplied
They came from Mixin, a town near Sichuan province on the outskirts of the sprawling metropolis of Chongqing. No further details were immediately available.