Four children have drowned at Kailondo Beach in Nongowa chiefdom Kenema district, prompting an investigation by the police attached to the Regional Headquarters in Kenema.

The children were identified as Prince Kpakra and Lahai Mansaray of W Drive Murray Town section in Kenema, as well as Ibrahim Jalloh and Abubakar Bah of Nyandeyama Section.

According to Sergeant 11254 Teresa Lahai, attached to the Media unit of the Police Division in Kenema, the children went to the beach on Easter Sunday and joined their colleagues in the river. However, at the end of the day, four of the children were missing.

The matter was reported to the police, and the bodies were later discovered and buried by their parents. Sergeant Lahai noted that drowning incidents are rare in the district.