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The shipwreck in Pakistan killed 51 people, mostly children.

The victims are mostly children. | Font: AFP / Reference

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On Tuesday, Pakistani authorities removed 21 bodies from a lake where a boat capsized last Sunday. boat in which mostly young students traveled, and the total death toll was 51.

“Today, 21 lifeless bodies of a child were removed, bringing the total death toll to 51,” he said. EFE Akbar Zamanofficer of the Kohat Dispatch District Police, located in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Fifty Islamic seminary students between the ages of 7 and 15, as well as the man driving the boat, were killed in the accident, the official said.

The event happened last Sunday when a boat with dozens of Islamic seminary students on board capsized in a small lake in the city. the consignment.

Causes of the shipwreck

Zaman noted that rescuers are still looking for the missing person, adding that according to the initial police investigation, boat he was shipwrecked due to being overweight.

Director of the Islamic Seminary, shahid anwarhe told Pakistani television GeoTV that about 57 of his students went to the artificial lake, a popular place visited daily by hundreds of people near the city of Kohat, to spend Sunday.

Anwar noted that among those killed were his son and nephew.

Pakistan is often the scene of serious accidents involving wooden boats, a frequent means of transport for passengers in the country, but their usual overweight and lack of basic safety measures increase the risk of accidents. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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