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Student drowns in swimming pool trying to rescue child
A student of the Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, Emmanuel Wamono, has drowned in a swimming pool while trying to save a child.
According to Ugandan news outlet, Campus Bee, on Sunday, Wamono died at the swimming pool at Mountain Inn Hotel in Mbale.
Wamono was a third year electrical engineering student.
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The news of Wamono’s death was announced in a statement by the Makerere University Dean of Students, Winifred Kabumbuli, on Sunday.
The deceased will be buried on Monday at his village in Bunambutye village, Mbale District in Uganda.
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