Bodies of Malaysian family of 6 found in car in river

The couple and their four children, aged between six months and nine years, were found in the car’s back seat at a river in Kedah

A family of six in Malaysia, including four children aged between six months and nine years, were found dead on Monday in a car submerged in a river.

A couple aged 32 and 31 and their children were found in the back seat of the Proton Iswara car in Sungai Korok in Kedah two days after they were reported missing, according to reports by the local newspaper The Star.

Rescue personnel cut open the car’s roof and broke its windows to retrieve the bodies. Family members at the scene were seen crying while the recovery process was taking place.

“We have been searching along the Korok River road since the day my brother disappeared, but there are no clues because the river is wide and deep, and the water is murky,” said Nor Syafiqah Ishak, the younger brother of one of the victims, who is believed to be the father.

“Until this morning, when the water in the river receded a little, someone saw the end of the bonnet of the car, and we all went straight here,” he told reporters at the scene on Monday.

On Monday morning, local fire and rescue authorities received an emergency call about a car seen floating in the river.

It is possible that they tried to get outAhmad Aminuddin Abd Rahim, senior fire and rescue officer

Ahmad Aminuddin Abd Rahim, a senior local fire and rescue officer, told reporters at the scene: “It is possible that they tried to get out.”

Tire marks likely resulting from braking were found about one metre from the riverbank while the river was about six metres deep.

Local media earlier reported that a woman lodged a police report on Saturday after her older brother, sister-in-law, and their four children went missing following a visit to her home in Taman Aman, near the river.

The family would often spend the night at the woman’s house. They would usually return to their home the next morning before the woman’s brother, who worked as a security guard, began his shift.