10 children killed in Pakistan as boat capsizes

by THE ASIA LIVE
10 children killed in Pakistan as boat capsizes

PESHAWAR

At least 10 children were killed on Sunday when a boat carrying religious school students capsized in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

Around eight students were still missing while seven injured had been taken to hospital, according to local officials in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where the accident took place.

Kohat’s district commissioner Mahmood Aslam said around 50 students from a local religious school, had gathered near Tanda lake for a picnic. Twenty-five had ventured out on the water – which was closed by authorities for recreational trips – on a boat that capsized, he said.

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