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6 people drown as boat capsizes in Khairpur

By APP
November 20, 2018

ISLAMABAD: Six people, including four children, drowned while 24 others injured as a boat capsized near Sageon village in Khairpur on Monday. According to a private news channel, around 30 passengers, sitting in the boat, were going to attend a marriage ceremony across the lake. The sources said the boatman was untrained that caused the ill-fated incident, which claimed six lives while the 24 others passengers are rescued by locals. The injured were shifted to a near by hospital.