Nine dead as floodwaters sweep away children, relatives in Pakistan


Students, who were injured after a seminary roof collapsed amid heavy rain, receiving treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on June 26. -- PHOTO: EPA-EFE via The Straits Times/ANN

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters): At least nine people died when floodwaters swept away children in a river in northern Pakistan and relatives jumped into the water to try to save them on Friday, officials said.

The family was having a picnic breakfast by the Swat River and the children were in the water taking photos when the sudden flood hit, district administrator Shehzad Mahboob said.

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