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Graphic Online BY: Gilbert Mawuli Agbey 705 The otherwise quiet town of Apam was Tuesday throw into a sombre mood as hundreds of people, both young and old, put on black and red attire to mourn with the bereaved families of the 13 children who drowned in the sea in the town. The deceased teenagers had, on Sunday, March 7, 2021, as part of their weekly Sunday special get-together, gone to the beach to swim. However, bad weather caused 20 of them to drown. So far, 13 dead bodies have been retrieved, with only two survivors - Godfred Apratse, 14, and Simon Dadzie, 15. The 13th body, which was ...

Apam beach incident victims burial: Mass funeral ceremony happun for teenagers wey die for Ghana drowning incident 16 March 2021 Dem don bury 13 of de teenagers wey die for Apam Beach for Goma West District of de Central Region Ghana afta dem drown. Ministers of States, Parents, Chiefs, pastors and opinion leaders and classmates of di victims all present to perform final funeral rites of dia loved ones. Dem line up eleven bodies for de forecourt of St Luke's Catholic Hospital to pay last respect to dem. Dem bury two earlier, due to the bad state de bodies bin dey. Delegation from de Presiden...

Graphic Online BY: Graphic.com.gh 705 A joint burial service for 11 children who drowned while swimming in the sea at Apam in the Central region has been held at Apam. In all a total of 13 bodies have been retrieved as of now in the accident where about 20 children were said to involved. Two teenagers survived the drowning disaster. 13 bodies have been retrieved as of now and one has already been buried. The traditional council in the area on Monday, performed rites to pacify the sea gods following claims that the victim’s defied them. One cow, three sheep, 12 fowls, 33 tubers of yam, an...

  Two teenagers who survived the drowning disaster at Apam in the Central Region, which claimed the lives of 12 teenagers, say they are traumatized about the incident. Simon Dadzie, 15, and Godfred Apratse, 14, said swimming had always been part of their leisure activities, but they never envisaged that it could result in such a tragedy. “The unfortunate incident just happened in a flash and all that we could remember was that we entered the sea to swim but later opened our eyes and found ourselves in hospital receiving treatment,” they said. Visit The two survivors were speaking in an i...

One more body in Apam beach drowning retrieved March 12, 2021 One more body of the teenagers who drowned at the Apam beach has been retrieved at Gomoa Mankoadze sea shore, bringing the total number of death to 13. The decomposed body of the 14-year old boy, whose name was given as John Arthur, was retrieved yesterday morning. The latest development was confirmed by the Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Irene Oppong. Scores of people who went to the beach to play and later attempted to swim met their untimely death on...