{
  "id": 1374988,
  "title": "14-year-old drowns retrieving shoe from Abuja canal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/14-year-old-drowns-retrieving-shoe-from-abuja-canal-1374988",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T23:48:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/14-year-old-drowns-retrieving-shoe-from-abuja-canal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 14-year-old boy drowned in Abuja while trying to retrieve his shoe from a canal behind Millennium Park during a rainfall on Saturday. The police received a report of the incident and confirmed the boy's death after his body was recovered and rushed to a hospital. The father of the deceased declined an autopsy and requested the release of his son's body for burial. The police have commenced an investigation into the incident.",
  "summary": "A 14-year-old boy tragically drowned in an Abuja canal while trying to retrieve his shoe. Police confirm the incident and ongoing investigation. Read More: https://punchng.com/14-year-old-drowns-retrieving-shoe-from-abuja-canal/",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}