SWAT: Two young friends died after falling off a cliff while taking a selfie in Barikot tehsil here on Saturday.

According to Ghaligey police, three friends were visiting a scenic waterfall in Alidad Jahangir village.

“Sanaullah, 27, was taking a selfie standing on a cliff near the waterfall when he slipped. His friend, Adnan, 22, tried to save him, but both of them fell from about a 200-foot height into the pond at the bottom of the waterfall, and died on the spot,” SHO Ghaligey police station Habib Sayed said, adding their third friend, Umar, rushed to the nearby village and informed locals about the incident.

The local people rushed there and recovered the bodies from the pond.

The deceased belonged to Saidu Sharif.

Later, the Rescue 1122 personnel shifted the bodies to the Ghaligey police station for completing legal formalities.

Meanwhile, 12 members of a family became unwell after eating wild mushrooms in Bashigram village of Madyan.

The Madyan police officials said Gul Farosh, a resident of Bashigram, collected wild mushrooms from a nearby forest for cooking, which the family members ate and fell ill.

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2022