HIBAPRESS – Khémisset
The residents of the Sidi Abderrazak commune in Khémisset province were shaken on Saturday, September 26, by a painful and tragic incident, as two children of tender age drowned in an agricultural irrigation basin in the "Ouied Ma Ghazouana Khzazna"douar.
According to local information, the tragedy occurred when the two children, aged 7 and 10, were playing near the aforementioned water basin. They lost the ability to save themselves and drowned inside. The playground turned in a fleeting moment into a sad accident that cast a shadow over the entire region.
Upon learning of the incident, the local authorities in the Sidi Abderrazak commune and the Royal Gendarmerie mobilized their forces and quickly went to the scene. Civil protection teams from the Tifelt center began their intervention, which resulted in the retrieval of the bodies of the two victims.
An ambulance was used to transport the bodies of the two children to the morgue at the Tifelt local hospital to complete the necessary medical and administrative procedures. Meanwhile, the Royal Gendarmerie, under the supervision of the competent public prosecution, launched extensive investigations and inquiries to ascertain all the circumstances and details of this tragedy.
This sad tragedy brings to mind the serious dangers posed by unsecured agricultural water basins, amid renewed calls from activists and residents for mandatory fencing and the imposition of preventive safety standards to protect the lives of children in rural areas and avoid the recurrence of such tragedies.
