Algeria.. Three women and a girl died after drowning in a pond

 Three women and a child drowned in a pond in the south of the city of Khenchela, in the far east of Algeria.

Yesterday, the Directorate of Civil Protection said that its members had received a distress call at around eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning, stating that four people from one family had drowned in a pond, after three women tried to rescue a five-year-old girl who was stuck inside.

The directorate statement added that civil protection personnel arrived at the scene of the accident, where they retrieved the bodies of three women and a child, who were found dead at the scene.

The bodies of the victims were transferred to the mortuary department of the hospital, while the relevant security services opened an investigation to find out the circumstances and circumstances of the accident.