The boys&#39; bodies were retrieved at 6pm, about half an hour after they disappeared into the pond in Ban Pong Klong Nua, Tambon Huay Ton. 
They were identified as Jiraphat Chaosuan, 3, and Toonsup Sukhita, 5. 
Their mother, Sopha Chaosuan, 21, told police that she went to work and left the boys in the care of her mother.

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Two boys drown in Chaiyaphum

Two boys drowned while swimming in a village pond in Chaiyaphum's Mueang district on Thursday evening.