All seven bodies of the Lawra Senior High School students who drowned in the Black Volta River have been retrieved, Joy News reports.
According to Rafiq Salam, the Upper West Regional correspondent for the news outlet, the bodies were recovered by local divers.
Following the retrieval, the families of all seven students gathered at the forecourt of the Lawra Municipal Hospital morgue to mourn their loved ones.
An uncle and a teacher of one of the victims, a second-year General Arts student, have demanded answers from authorities, questioning why the students were allowed to embark on the boat ride. "Joyce Kaate is my niece, and her mother passed away five years ago.
