Th Fiji Police Force and Fiji Navy have recovered the body of the former national netball coach from the Rewa River. Photo: Fiji Police Force
Fiji Police have confirmed the recovery of the body Unaisi Rokoura, who was reported missing on Saturday after a suspected drowning incident while gathering freshwater mussels.
Rokoura, 47, represented the Fiji Pearls at two Commonwealth Games and two Netball World Cups as a player. She had two stints as the Pearls' head coach and also coached the Papua New Guinea Pepes from 2015 to 2017.
Unaisi Rokoura, 47, was reported missing on Saturday after a suspected drowning incident. Photo: Facebook / Netball Fiji
Rokoura was with three other women collecting mussels near Navuso Agriculture School in Naitasiri province, in Fiji's Central Division, according to local media reports.
One woman - a 34-year-old - was trying to hold on to Rokoura, but both subsequently disappeared.
Police had earlier confirmed the recovery of the body of the 34-year-old woman and said a post-mortem examination would be conducted on Monday.
On Monday morning, police said the search for Rokoura was ongoing, with divers from the Mobile Force and the Fiji Navy deployed to the area.
"The joint search team consisting of officers from the Fiji Police Force and Republic Of Fiji Navy, have recovered the body of the former national netball coach, from the Rewa River," police said in a statement issued approximately 1:30pm local time (2:30pm NZ time)
"The victim's body was recovered near the Waila dredging plant."
