MUZAFFARABAD, July 6: At least two people were killed and 47 others, including five women, injured when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in district Muzaffarabad on Saturday, police said.

The bus (AJKD-4155) was coming to the town of Chikar from Rahim Kot village, some 55 kilometres from here, when it met the accident near Pajja Sharif village, police said.

Two people, identified as Ibrar Hussain, son of Dildar Hussain, and Amir, son of Javed, died on the spot and 47 others were injured, of whom 20 were brought here and admitted to the CMH.

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