Akwesasne officials have named two family members of Romanian descent — including a man holding his two children’s passports — who were among eight bodies recovered from the St. Lawrence River, near Quebec-Ontario border, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported. The identities of other people recovered of Indian descent have not been released, pending identification and notification of next of kin, the Montreal Gazette newspaper reported. “The circumstances of their deaths continue to be investigated,” the paper added. On Saturday, police said four Indian nationals, who they also believed was a family attempting to cross into  US, have not been identified,  CBC reported. Police found the bodies of five adults and one infant in the marshland on Friday. Another infant and an adult woman were located later. The deceased is believed to be of Indian and Romanian descent.

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No. of bodies found Friday

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