Mother and child died in the well on the 26th of Tet
(Baonghean.vn) - Local authorities in Nghia Hanh commune, Tan Ky district said that a mother and child were found dead in a well in the area.
The victims were Ms. HTT (born 2004) and baby boy LHN (5 months old), residing in Nam Son hamlet, Nghia Hanh commune, Tan Ky district.
Initial information, Mrs. O. (Ms. T's mother-in-law) woke up at 3:30 a.m. on January 17 to make rice cakes to prepare for going to the market. Before going to the market to sell, at around 5 a.m. the same day, Mrs. O. stopped by Ms. T's and her husband's room but only saw Mr. C (Ms. T's husband), but did not see Ms. T. and baby N.
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The house where the incident happened. Photo: Nguyen Tran |
Suspecting something was wrong, she woke up the whole family to look for the mother and child around the house. When they reached the well area, they discovered N.'s scarf floating on the surface of the well. The whole family was shocked and reported it to the local authorities.
Authorities quickly arrived at the scene. After more than 2 hours of pumping water from the well, they found the body of baby N. At around 8am the same day, they discovered morebodyof Ms. T.
Currently, the authorities have handed over the bodies of the mother and child to their families for funeral arrangements.