Two labourers killed

Published February 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Two labourers were killed, when an under- construction shed fell on them here on Tuesday, police said.

The police said that Mohammad Irfan, 21, and Mohammad Aslam, 20, of Muzaffargarh were buried under the debris of the cemented shed which fell on them, when they were constructing a wall of it at a soft drink factory located along the Kahuta Road.

The labourers present on the occasion rushed to rescue them and retrieved them from under the rubble. They took them to hospital, where they were pronounced dead by the doctors.

Later the bodies were sent to their native town after external autopsy.

Meanwhile, a car belonging to Mehboob Ali was stolen outside his house at Sector I-8/3.—Staff Reporter

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