Schoolboy dies after vanishing on snorkelling trip in Malawi
The private school boy vanished underwater in Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi (Picture: Cooperazione)
A teenager from London was found underwater after he vanished whilst swimming on a school trip.
Eugene Enoch Kwon, 17, from Hampton in London, was snorkelling with schoolmates on a camping trip to Malawi on Tuesday.
A search was launched in Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi, and he was found underwater.
He was rushed to hospital but died. His cause of death was suffocation due to drowning, police said.
Supt Patrick Mussa, of the Malawi Police Service’s Eastern Region Police Headquarters, said the boy’s disappearance prompted an ‘immediate search operation’.
He added: ‘After an extensive search, divers located him underwater.’
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‘Police in the Eastern Region have since expressed their condolences to the bereaved family, while investigations into the incident continue.’
A spokesperson for Hampton School, a private school for boys in Richmond upon Thames, confirmed that one of its students had died on the school camping trip.
The spokesperson added: ‘Our thoughts, love and deepest sympathies are with the pupil’s family and loved ones at this unimaginably difficult time.
‘At present, our focus is supporting the pupil’s family and everyone affected within our school community.’
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