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Two children die after falling in water tank in city

Google map showing Mohammadpur area of Dhaka city
Google map showing Mohammadpur area of Dhaka city

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Two children died after falling into a water tank while playing near it in the city's Mohammadpur area on Tuesday.

The deceased were identified as Habib, 3, son of Borhanuddin Mostafa and Maria, 3, daughter of Manir Mridha of the area, reports a news agency.

Sub-inspector Firoz Ali of Mohammadpur Police Station said Habib and Maria fell into the water tank of their house, owned by one Selim, while playing near it in the afternoon.

Getting no whereabouts of the two children, the family members of both peeped through the water tank and find them unconscious inside it.

Later, they were taken to a local hospital where the duty doctors declared them dead.

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