12.06.2025 14:18
An 8-year-old Syrian national, Dunya Elsefir, drowned after falling into an irrigation canal in the Serik district of Antalya. Security camera footage of the incident has also emerged.
Eight-year-old Dunya Elsefir, a Syrian national, fell into an irrigation canal in the Serik district of Antalya and drowned. The lifeless body of the little girl was found about 2 kilometers away from the scene, and security camera footage of the moments when the child entered the canal and disappeared has emerged. The incident occurred on Friday, June 6, around 5:00 PM in the Yeni Mahalle area of Aşağıoba neighborhood. Upon notification, gendarmerie, AFAD, AKUT, and health teams were dispatched to the area. In the search efforts initiated to find the little girl, Elsefir's lifeless body was discovered approximately 2 kilometers from the point where she fell.
THE INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED BY SECURITY CAMERAS
Dunya Elsefir's body was taken to Serik State Hospital, and after an examination by the public prosecutor, her lifeless body was sent to the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institution and was buried in tears after the procedures were completed. The moment of the incident was recorded second by second by the security camera, showing the moments when 8-year-old Dunya Elsefir entered the irrigation canal with her friends, was caught in the current, and was swept away.