Five boys drown in Karachi’s Surjani Town

KARACHI (92 News) – At least five boys including two brothers were drowned while swimming in a pond, filled with water in Karachi’s Surjani Town, Sector 7D. According to rescue sources, a group of five boys was swimming in water collected in a plot of an under-construction building. The security personnel have also rescued three people and admitted them to the hospital for medical assistance. Moreover, the bodies were later recovered and shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. The children were between the ages of nine and 14, according to rescue officials. Earlier, three cousins drowned while bathing in the sea at Manora beach. Police and rescuers said the deceased had gone for a picnic in Manora near PNS Himalaya. Responding to the information, divers reached the scene and started a search and rescue operation. It took two hours for them to retrieve the bodies of all the three men.