Two children drown in Trincomalee

20 September 2014 09:35 am

Two children died when their mother jump into the sea with them in the sea off Trincomalee this afternoon, the Police said.

The 9-year-old boy and the 12-year-old girl died while their mother was rescued by the Navy and admitted to the Trincomalee Hospital.

The two children were pronounced dead upon admission to the hospital.