At least six children died when their boat capsized in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tanda Dam lake on Sunday, according to rescue officials.
Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Faizi told Dawn.com that six bodies have been recovered so far, while 17 children and a teacher were rescued.
“Four children are in critical condition. They have been moved to the District Headquarters Hospital Kohat.”
He said the children aboard were all aged between 12 and 20 years. “They were all madrassah students out on a day trip to the dam.”
Faizi added that seven ambulances, four boats, two recovery vehicles and more than 40 personnel of Rescue 1122 were participating in the search operation, which is under way.
Meanwhile, a police official told AFP that 10 children were killed in the incident.
Mass drownings are common in Pakistan when aged and overloaded vessels lose their stability and pitch passengers into the water. In July, 18 women drowned when an overcrowded boat carrying a wedding party across the Indus river in Rahim Yar Khan capsized.
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