5 kids drowned by accident: official

Frequent accidents involving rural children raise eyebrows

SHANGHAI: Five children who were found dead in a pond in Tiantai county of Zhejiang province on Feb 22, four days after they were reported missing, drowned by accident, the county government confirmed yesterday.

Four of the deceased - Cai Kangni, 13, Cai Yani, 12, Cai Danni, 10 and Cai Binbin, 9 - were siblings. The fifth, Cai Songtao, 7, was their cousin.