Deadly rain: Two children drown in flood

Residents and police recovered the bodies after they were washed away by heavy rainwater near Ghazikot.

MANSEHRA: Residents and police recovered the bodies of Abbas Ali, 4, and Nighat Bibi, 12, on Monday evening after they were washed away by heavy rainwater near Ghazikot. According to the police, the boy was returning from a visit to his uncle’s home in Sector E Ghazikot Township. His cousin, Nighat Bibi, was accompanying Abbas Ali when he was washed away by rainwater flooding their path. Mansehra and other catchment areas have received heavy rainfall recently. In an attempt to rescue the toddler, Nighat Bibi dove in after him but tragically drowned as well. Abbas’s body was recovered after an hour, while his cousin’s body was retrieved three hours later.  The deceased boy was the son of Amjad Ali, an Abbottabad resident.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 21^st, 2014.