Funeral of six boat victims held

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 22:08 [IST]

Kochi, Feb 22 (UNI) Emotions ran high as the funeral rites for the six boat accident victims were performed at Elavoor, in the district today.

The funeral of teacher Lizi, students Sibin and Maria was held at the St Antony's Church and the cremation of Aswathy, Amrita and Anjana was performed at their house compound.

Eighteen people, including 15 school children and three teachers, met a watery grave when their boat capsized in Ovungal Kadavu in the Periyar river.

The funeral of ten students and two teachers was held yesterday.

UNI

Topics: ACCIDENT-KERALA-FUNERAL

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