THE body of a three-year-old child, who fell off a canal bridge in Kampung Kebor Besar, Manir, near Kuala Terengganu yesterday, was recovered this morning.

Terengganu Fire and Rescue Department chief operations commander Mazimi Mohamad said Muhammad Sufi Eijaz Mohd Sobrey’s remains were found by a search and rescue (SAR) team at 11.34am, some 500m from the location of the incident.

The victim and his brother had gone to the area to watch other children swimming when he vanished.

His father’s immediate efforts to search for him proved futile and SAR operations went on overnight.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the body of a former imam, who fell into a prawn cultivation pond in Kampung Fikri di Setiu yesterday, was recovered by a SAR team at 10.54am today.

Setiu police chief Afandi Hussin said the body of Zakaria Mat Nong, 72, from Kampung Beris Tok Ku in Setiu was found about 1.7km from the spot where he fell.

He said the victim had slipped from the banks at 7pm and then villagers who witnessed the incident alerted the authorities. – Bernama, December 13, 2022.