Not less than 10 youngsters had been killed on Sunday when a ship carrying spiritual college college students capsized within the Tanda dam in northwest Pakistan, officers mentioned, as rescue efforts continued.
nother six had been injured and had been taken to hospital, in keeping with Furqan Khan, the deputy commissioner of Kohat district in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province the place the accident befell.
The victims had been younger college students at a close-by spiritual college, Khan mentioned. Extra college students had been lacking, mentioned the officers who didn’t present particulars on what number of.
The scholars who had died had been aged between seven and 12 years, in keeping with a listing shared with Reuters by the district’s commissioner.
Khan mentioned there had been incidents prior to now and police had closed the dam for leisure journeys.
Video footage by native broadcasters and on social media confirmed rescuers within the water.
The accident got here the identical day as a bus accident in southern Pakistan that killed greater than 40 folks.