<span style="color: #222222;">At least eight children were killed and three others were missing in Cambodia after a boat that was ferrying them home from an English class sank in the Mekong river.<br />''<br />''Local police chief Am Thou told to media that, the small boat was overloaded and sank about 50 metres from its destination in southeastern Kandal province after it began taking on water late Thursday.<br />''<br />''The victims were aged between 12 and 15, while two adult boat operators and two students were rescued, he added.<br />''<br />''In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his condolences and urged people to be cautious during heavy floods that have raised the level of the Mekong.</span><br />