Two missing children found dead in Ghor Al Safi agricultural pond

AMMAN – Two children who were reported missing last Tuesday in Ghor Al Safi were found dead in an agricultural pond there on Sunday, according to the authorities

The children were identified by police as 11-year-old Ahmad Abdul Kareem Osheibat and his nephew, nine-year-old Abdul Rahman Osama Oshoush.

Captain Luay Majali from the Karak Police Department told The Jordan Times that the children, who were found near the Ghor Al Safi graveyard, were sent to Karak Forensic Department to identify the exact cause of death. 

“We were informed of the incident on Tuesday evening and we immediately began searching for the children in cooperation with the Karak Public Security Department,” said Col. Abdul Hadi Al Sarayreh, Karak Civil Defence Department director.

“This is an agricultural area and 90 per cent of it is not fenced, which always leads to similar incidents,” the colonel explained.

Sarayreh noted that the CDD has urged farm owners to install fences around their ponds to avoid such incidents, but very few have heeded these warnings.

Stressing the need to fence agricultural ponds in Ghor Al Safi, Omar Osheibat, the mukhtar (tribal leader) of the Osheibat tribe, said the latest incident is one of many reported drowning cases in these ponds. He added that there are between 3,000 and 4,000 agricultural ponds in the area.