KARACHI: Teenager electrocuted

Published September 27, 2002

KARACHI, Sept 26: A teenager died of electrocution in Essa Nagri on Thursday.

Police said that Sarfaraz Masih, aged 17, suffered electric shock on the roof of his house. He was rushed to the JPMC where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

FALLS TO DEATH: A labourer died when he fell down to the ground from an under-construction building in Artillery Maidan police limits on Thursday.

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