check your messageSchool bullies are known to instill fear on their victims, this is probably one of their methods but it turned to a tragic point.
It's a possibility that they had threatened the victim , and told her that they would do something awful to her .
There is a possibility this links to drowning , unless the river's current is too strong to dive into and swim away from ,
But the question lies within that circle what kind of friends would watch their friend drown ?