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A two-year-old Pakistani boy drowned in a bucket of water at his family’s home in Sidroh, Ras Al Khaimah last Friday, according to reports. Identified as Abdullah Mohammed Mohammed Ali, the child reportedly fell into the water-filled bucket in the kitchen during Friday prayer time, according to his father, Mohammed Mohammed Ali. “The child sneaked into the kitchen of the house, where the bucket of water was, and fell into it to drown inside and breathed his last without his family noticing,” the father told Arabic daily Al Khaleej. Despite being rushed to Saqr Government Hospital, Abdullah was declared dead on arrival. He was the youngest of five children. “The family is experiencing a state of grief and sorrow in the UAE and Pakistan following the painful and tragic death of their beloved child,” said the father, a barber in the UAE since 2002. He added that the bucket was normally covered, but it appeared the family had forgotten to cover it this time. The boy is survived by three older brothers aged 15, 12, and 10, and a 7-year-old sister. ICA/Expat Media
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