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Nine children have drowned at Faanaa, an island community in the Greater Accra region.

The school children are said to have drowned late afternoon on Wednesday while returning from school.

Twelve people including the boat owner were on the boat when the incident happened, killing nine of them.

Three people managed to swim to safety.

The body of the last of the nine children was retrieved on Thursday, May 11, after a thorough search.