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Missing boy found dead in Akkar pond

Missing boy found dead in Akkar pond

An artificial reservoir in Hammana, in the Metn region. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)

BEIRUT — A six-year-old child, missing since Tuesday, was found dead on Wednesday after drowning in a pond near his family home in the village of Safinat al-Kaytah, in Akkar, North Lebanon, relatives told L'Orient Today.

Search operations had been launched the day before after the disappearance of the boy, Jawad A., according to our correspondent in the region.

Reporting contributed by Michel Hallak

BEIRUT — A six-year-old child, missing since Tuesday, was found dead on Wednesday after drowning in a pond near his family home in the village of Safinat al-Kaytah, in Akkar, North Lebanon, relatives told L'Orient Today.Search operations had been launched the day before after the disappearance of the boy, Jawad A., according to our correspondent in the region.Reporting contributed by Michel...