Canberra, Dec 30 || A man has drowned in Canberra, taking Australia's national drowning death toll for December to 32.
Police in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) on Monday confirmed the death of a 21-year-old man who went missing while swimming in a river in southern Canberra on Sunday evening.
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 6 p.m. local time on Sunday when the man failed to resurface, a police statement said.
A search was launched and his body was found in the water by divers from the Australian Federal Police shortly before 8 p.m.
A member of the public attempted to save the 21-year-old but could not find him in the water, news agency reported quoting the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.