Oman: 16-year-old drowns in Wilayat Bawshar
Boy was swimming in a prohibited water spring
Dubai: A 16-year-old Omani boy drowned after he went swimming in a water spring in Wilayat Bawshar, local media has reported.
The Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance on Sunday received a report about a boy drowning.
Rescue teams and an ambulance rushed to the scene as rescue personnel pulled the boy out, but he was already dead.
In a statement, the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance said: “We rushed our rescue teams to the scene immediately after our operation centre received the alert about the drowning of the young man. Unfortunately, we found him dead and managed to retrieve his body.”
Swimming in the water spring is prohibited.
The authority called on citizens and residents not to swim in non-designated places.