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Pakistan boat capsizes killing children fleeing floods

Elliot Douglas
September 10, 2020

A boat on the Indus River has capsized, leaving several people dead and more missing. Among those killed are two young girls. They were being rescued from their flooded village in the Khairpur.

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A flood affected Pakistani woman holds an infant as she guides two younger children through floodwaters in Mubarak Jatoi village in Sindh province's Dadu district on September 13, 2010
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Several people have been drowned when a boat capsized in Pakistan on Thursday. The bodies of two young girls were dragged from the water, German news agency DPA reportered.

The wooden boat was carrying flood victims from a village in Khairpur that was inundated with high water, local media reported.

The boat then went under in the Indus River in Sindh province, Mohamed Bilal of the local Edhi Foundation Charity said.

Read more: Pakistan: Climate change, environmental problems put government in a bind

"At least 12 women and 8 children were among the drowned," local news agency Regional Telegraph wrote on Twitter.

Local officials said at least 18 people had been pulled alive from the water, but the bodies of seven were still missing.

The search was still going on, with local residents and survivors working together with rescue officials,.

Flooding and boat accidents are common in Pakistan during the rainy season.

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Kommentarbild PROVISORISCH Elliot Douglas
Elliot Douglas Elliot Douglas is a video, audio and online journalist based in Berlin.
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