Wall collapse kills two

Published August 11, 2007

LAHORE, Aug 10: A gypsy boy and his sister were buried alive under the debris of a wall in Badami Bagh on Friday. Several gypsy families have been living near Husainabad for sometime. On Friday, Qasim (16) and his two-year-old sister Rukhsana were sitting along the wall of a factory building near their hut when it collapsed.

Both were buried under the rubble.

Rescue 1122 and locals shifted both to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Police handed over the bodies to the family without autopsy.

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