KARACHI: Death toll increases to 18, as three more die
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Aug 1: Three children, including two brothers, died in rain-related incidents on Tuesday raising the death toll to 18 since the first downpour on Sunday. At least nine persons died in rain-related incidents majority of them due to electrocution on Monday while four such deaths were reported on Sunday.
Two brothers fell into a several feet deep ditch in Saudabad and died.
A duty officer of the Saudabad police station said that Muhammad Tabish, 12, and Muhammad Diam, 11, were playing in football ground, when they fell into the deep ditch filled with rainwater. He said that the ground was dug up for construction purposes.
One of the children playing in the ground fell into the ditch. In a bid to save his brother life, Tabish jumped into the water but drowned.
Area people recovered the bodies and police shifted them to Jinnah hospital for legal formalities.
In Garden area, a 12-year-old boy was electrocuted.
Police and area people said that the young boy was playing in the rain water when he got electrocuted. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
Later, the body was sent to the civil hospital for legal formalities by the police.
RECOVERED: The body of a young man, who was swept away by strong currents along with his four friends, was washed ashore at the Sandspit Beach on Tuesday.
According to the in charge of Hawkesbay Emergency and Rescue Centre, a group of five friends had drowned in the sea, but life guards rescued three of them. They were provided first aid treatment at the emergency and rescue centre of the city government.
He said that the body recovered on Tuesday was identified as Usman, 25. The body of Maqsood could not be recovered yet, he added.
