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Search underway after student goes missing in water near Kaohsiung pumping station

Emergency responders were deployed to the Dahu pumping station in Kaohsiung after a middle school student disappeared while playing in the water with two companions. Police and fire officials deployed boats and rescue personnel to the debris dam area following a report on the afternoon of September 28. The missing student has not yet been located as search operations continue.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on casualties across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • pts1人溺水失聯
  • newtalk身亡
  • ettoday已明顯死亡
2 differing positions reported on location across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • newtalk高雄3國中生大湖抽水站戲水
  • pts高雄
  • ettoday高市湖內
WhereKaohsiung
22.616, 120.313 ±10 km
First reported27 days ago
Published2026-09-28 13:17 UTC
Occurred2026-09-28
Sources3
Casualties reported1
How this travelled.
Reports5Independent tellings3
3 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Search underway after student goes missing in water near Kaohsiung pumping station. 2026-09-28T13:17:39.720Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3881. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-28/3-1-3e33795c

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