Sehwan death toll rises to 12

Published October 28, 2002

DADU, Oct 27: Four people, who were injured in an accident near Sehwan on Saturday, died in the Dadu Civil Hospital on Sunday, raising the death toll to 12.

They were identified as Amanullah Shahani, Deedar Hussain, Roshan Ali Langah, and Amanullah Murkhand.

Eight devotees of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar were killed in the accident on Saturday.

DROWNED: A boy, Talib, 17, resident of Karachi, drowned while taking a dip in the Aral Wah, Sehwan Sharif, on Sunday.

He had gone there with his friends for a picnic.

STAMPEDE: The extraordinary rush at the Mazar of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar resulted in a stampede, which left a man killed on Sunday.

The deceased, Pervez Ali Arain, 50, was the resident of Karachi.

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