BANNU: Three people, including a woman, were killed while 59 others sustained injuries when rains and windstorm lashed the district early on Wednesday.
An official of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said that DHQ hospital, Bannu, received 59 injured persons following the rains and windstorm. The official said five injured were shifted to Peshawar for treatment, while three were admitted to Khalifa Gul Nawaz Hospital, Bannu.
The official said that most of the injuries took place due to falling trees and collapse of boundary walls. Two of the dead were identified as Hamad, 10, and Meerma, 16. The latter belonged to a minority community.
Published in Dawn, August 11th, 2016
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