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Members of an Indian family were among eight people who drowned in the St Lawrence River while attempting to cross into the US from Canada illegally..
Police in Canada recovered the bodies of eight people, including two children, who died trying to cross illegally from Canada into the United States..
Among those dead include members of an Indian family who were trying to enter the US from Canada by boat across the St..
"Two additional bodies have been recovered, one an infant, a Canadian citizen of Romanian descent, and one adult female believed to be an Indian national," Shawn Dulude, chief of the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, told Reuters..
According to police, the first body was found around 17:00 local time (21:00 GMT) in a marsh in Tsi Snaihne in Akwesasne, a Mohawk territory right between the US-Canada border, the report said.. Police recovered six bodies on Thursday and believe the tragedy may have occurred on Wednesday night..
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