Pacific / Tonga

Tonga police investigating drowning of toddler in rain-filled pit at private home

09:27 am on 15 October 2024

Life buoy floating in pool Photo: 123RF

A toddler has reportedly drowned in a pit flooded with rainwater at a private residence in Tonga.

Police say the one-year eight months old boy was playing with his siblings near an unfinished ground hole filled with rainwater on Sunday.

The boy went missing so they all started looking for him, and the little boy's brother found his body floating in the pit behind their home.

Police are investigating the suspected drowning incident.