Girl drowns, brother missing off Phi Phi

Girl drowns, brother missing off Phi Phi

A 14-year-old girl drowned on Saturday and her 12-year-old brother is missing and feared drowned off a popular tourist beach on Phi Phi island in Krabi province.

Wimpipha Khiewyai, 14 and her 12-year-old brother Wongwut were swimming at Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, on a visit with family members to celebrate Children’s Day, Thairath Online reported. The two siblings subsequently went missing, said police who were alerted at 1pm.

Authorities dispatched boats and divers to the scene to search for the two children. The body of the girl was later found while the boy went missing.

The search operation is continuing.

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