The area where the bodies were found

The bodies were found this morning, August 20, after the three-day search around the waterfall area.

The three victims are Bui Van Duc, Nguyen Dinh Quang (born 2000) and Phan Viet Linh (born 1997), from IaKha town of Ia Grai district. 

On Sunday afternoon, the three men went a local waterfall for taking a swim. Initially, Quang was swept away by swift water and called for help. Duc and Linh rushed to save him, but they all drowned.

A 20-member rescue team set up fences to zone the searching area.

It required the rescue force great efforts to look for the missing amid the rainy season and high water level at the waterfall.

In related news, two kids of 9 and 5 years old in Ea Sup district, Dak Lak province were drown while swimmking at a canal near their houses on August 19 afternoon.

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