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The mishap occurred in the evening when they entered into a river to take a bath. (Representational)

Kozhikode:

Three persons including a minor boy drowned in Kunnamangalam in northern Kozhikode district on Saturday, police said.

The killed were identified as Sindhu alias Mini, her daughter Athira and their relative 13-year-old Advaith.

The mishap occurred in the evening when they entered into a river to take a bath.

“It is suspected that the tragedy happened when the boy was washed way suddenly and the mother and daughter tried to save him,” a police officer attached to Kunnamangalam police station said.

They were soon rushed to a nearby hospital but their lives could not be saved, he said.

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