MURREE: At least eight tourists drowned in a drain in Murree late Thursday evening.
According to rescue sources, there were three tourists rescued and three bodies recovered. A search operation is underway for others.
The tourists, who were riding motorcyles, were passing through the area when the incident happened.
Last month, at least 17 people of a family drowned off Gadani beach in Balochistan.
According to rescue officials, corpse of four women were recovered while 11 people were rescued on June 22. Bodies of two missing minors were recovered the next day.
The family hailed from Karachi’s Lyari area and had gone to Gadani on a picnic.
In a similar incident in June, two young men drowned at Karachi’s Sandspit beach. The drowned youth — residents of North Nazimabad, were identified as Osama, 22, and Faraz, 19, the police said. The two, along with five other friends, had gone to the beach to enjoy the second day of Eid-ul-Fitr.
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