Four Indian medical students drown in Russian river

Four Indian medical students have drowned while swimming in a river in northwest Russia, officials said Friday.

The incident happened on Tuesday in the Volkhov River in the city of Veliky Novgorod, the regional investigative committee said. The Indian consulate in the city of Saint Petersburg said a fifth student "was saved," adding that they were pursuing medical studies at the university in Veliky Novgorod. It said their families had been contacted and efforts were on to repatriate their bodies "as soon as possible".