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Eugene Enoch Kwon, a 17-year-old from Hampton in London, drowned while snorkelling during a school camping trip in Monkey Bay, Malawi. He was located underwater following a search and was pronounced dead at the hospital due to suffocation from drowning, according to police.
A search operation was initiated immediately after the teenager’s disappearance, involving divers who ultimately located him underwater. Investigations are ongoing as police express condolences to the family, while Hampton School’s priority remains on supporting those affected within its community.
Police in Malawi have launched an investigation following the drowning of Eugene Enoch Kwon, with Superintendent Patrick Mussa stating that an “immediate search operation” was undertaken. Hampton School has extended its condolences and is prioritising support for the bereaved family’s needs and the school community.
What remains unclear — Further details regarding the circumstances leading to Eugene Enoch Kwon’s drowning have not been disclosed.
British schoolboy dies after drowning during snorkelling trip in Malawi
The private school boy vanished underwater in Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi (Picture: Cooperazione)
A teenager from London was found underwater after he vanished whilst swimming on a school trip.
Eugene Enoch Kwon, 17, from Hampton in London, was snorkelling with schoolmates on a camping trip to Malawi on Tuesday.
A search was launched in Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi, and he was found underwater.
He was rushed to hospital but died. His cause of death was suffocation due to drowning, police said.
Supt Patrick Mussa, of the Malawi Police Service’s Eastern Region Police Headquarters, said the boy’s disappearance prompted an ‘immediate search operation’.
He added: ‘After an extensive search, divers located him underwater.’
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‘Police in the Eastern Region have since expressed their condolences to the bereaved family, while investigations into the incident continue.’
A spokesperson for Hampton School, a private school for boys in Richmond upon Thames, confirmed that one of its students had died on the school camping trip.
The spokesperson added: ‘Our thoughts, love and deepest sympathies are with the pupil’s family and loved ones at this unimaginably difficult time.
‘At present, our focus is supporting the pupil’s family and everyone affected within our school community.’
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