At least 10 children were killed and one was missing when the boat took students from the English class to be sunk on the Mekong.

The small boat was overloaded and sinking about 50 m from the destination in Cambodia's Kandal province after the water flooded the inside on October 13, the Lerk Dek Am Thou district police chief said.

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The position of the submerged boat near the Neak Lieung Bridge, connecting the Kandal and Prey Veng province.

Members of the Cambodian search and rescue force on October 14 searched the victim of a boat sinking a day earlier.

Major General Chhoeun Sochethk, Police Commissioner of Kandal Provincial Police and leaders of the search for victims, said the boat sinking happened after the students melted and returned home on the small island of Koh Chamroeun village, where

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen sent condolences to the families of the victims in the boat sinking.

People, especially those who live along the river, need to be very careful when the floods are increasing, Mr. Hun Sen issues a warning.

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Many boat sinks occur in Southeast Asian countries, where people live along rivers depending on this vehicle to travel.

The location of the Neak Loeung Bridge (red mark), near the place where the boat sinks on October 13.

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