Five children drown in Awaran pond

QUETTA:

In a tragic incident, five children drowned in a pond in the Jhao Sarmastani Butt area of Balochistan’s Awaran on Tuesday.

The children were playing near the pond when they slipped and fell into the water, the Deputy Commissioner Awaran Ayesha Zehri told The Express Tribune.

The victims, identified as Salman, 12, Hassan, 7, Ismat, 10, Horan 9, and Rehmat, were taken out of the pond by local residents and their bodies were shifted to a local hospital where all of them were pronounced dead on arrival.

The pond was filled with water after recent rains, making it hazardous for the unsuspecting children. “This is indeed a very tragic incident,” Ayesha Zehri said.

Levies Force confirmed the identities of the children and provided details about the incident. They have initiated an investigation to understand the circumstances that led to this tragedy. Levies are on the spot and supporting the broken family members, she informed.

The tragedy created widespread panic in the area as locals and families of the victims demanded preventive steps on the part of the government against such tragic incidents in the future.