Seven people drowned in regions of Kazakhstan
A 27-year-old man drowned at 2:50 p.m. on Wednesday (July 18) near Abylai Khan Avenue in Astana. The body was taken out of the water by Astana Emergencies crew at 3:45 p.m.
A 33-year-old man drowned while swimming near Chimulak dam at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday (July 17) in the town of Yereimentau in Akmola region. His body was pulled out of the water by a rescue team at 8:15 on Wednesday (July 18).
Another man drowned in the Ural River at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday (July 18). The body was taken out of the water at 7:00 p.m. by an emergencies crew of West Kazakhstan region.
A child, 7, drowned while swimming in the Nura River at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday (July 17) in Petrovka village of Karaganda region. The body was pulled out of the water only on Wednesday (July 18) at 3:45 p.m.
A body of a young man, thought to be in his 20s, was found at 9:20 a.m. on Wednesday (July 18) in Kostanay. He drowned in the Tobol River near Gagarin dam at 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday (July 17).
A body of a 26-year-old man who drowned while swimming in North Kazakhstan region was taken out of the water at 7:37 p.m.
A 35-year-old man drowned in the Ishim River at 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday (July 18) in Petropavlovsk. The body was pulled out of the water the same day at 11:44 by a rescue crew.