Coal heater: Two policemen die of suffocation
Their colleagues had to break the door when the two did not come out in the morning
MUZAFFARABAD:
Two policemen died of suffocation while using a coal heater in their quarters inside a police station in Athmuqma district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Police say Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Khalid, both residents of Neelum Valley, were found dead in their room at the police station. Their colleagues had to break the door when the two did not come out in the morning. They were taken to Athmuqam DHQ Hospital where doctors said they died of suffocation because of using a coal heater inside a closed room. They were laid to rest in their villages on Monday.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 9th, 2015.
Two policemen died of suffocation while using a coal heater in their quarters inside a police station in Athmuqma district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Police say Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Khalid, both residents of Neelum Valley, were found dead in their room at the police station. Their colleagues had to break the door when the two did not come out in the morning. They were taken to Athmuqam DHQ Hospital where doctors said they died of suffocation because of using a coal heater inside a closed room. They were laid to rest in their villages on Monday.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 9th, 2015.