Muscat: A boy drowned in a wadi in the Wilayat of Sohar on Tuesday.
"Rescue teams at the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority in North Al Batinah Governorate responded to a report of a 13-year-old citizen drowning in a wadi and recovered his body," the authority said in a statement.
The authority reiterated the need for parents and guardians to monitor children, and discourage them from swimming in non-designated places.