Canoeist drowns in north Moravia

A 31-year-old woman has died after the canoe she was rowing overturned in the Opava River in north Moravia on Saturday. The woman was in a group of eight canoeists; after her boat overturned they succeeded in dragging her to the bank of the river. By the time emergency services arrived on the scene, however, she was already dead, a spokesperson for Bruntálsko regional police said.