This photo taken with a mobile phone shows rescuers searching for missing persons after a boat capsized in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Jan. 29, 2023. Ten children were killed when a boat capsized in a dam in Kohat on Sunday, an official said. (Str/Xinhua)
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Ten children were killed when a boat capsized in a dam in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, an official said.
The boat with 25 children onboard capsized in Tanda Dam of the district earlier in the morning, and the divers rescued 16 out of them and shifted them to hospital, Deputy Commissioner of Kohat district Furqan Ashraf said.
Ashraf said that the bodies of nine others were recovered from the dam, whereas one child breathed his last at the hospital.
Talking to Xinhua, sources from a rescue organization the Edhi Foundation said that the children were students of a seminary who were visiting the dam for recreational activity. ■
Locals gather during a search operation for the victims after a boat capsized at a dam in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Jan. 29, 2023. Ten children were killed when the boat capsized on Sunday, an official said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)
Rescuers search for missing persons after a boat capsized at a dam in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Jan. 29, 2023. Ten children were killed when the boat capsized on Sunday, an official said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)
A sunken boat is seen at a dam in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Jan. 29, 2023. Ten children were killed when the boat capsized on Sunday, an official said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)
People attend the funeral of victims after a boat capsized in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Jan. 30, 2023. Ten children were killed when a boat capsized in a dam in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, an official said. (Str/Xinhua)
People attend the funeral of victims after a boat capsized in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Jan. 30, 2023. Ten children were killed when a boat capsized in a dam in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, an official said. (Str/Xinhua)
