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7th Muharram procession: 5 electrocuted as Alum touched electric wires

KARACHI: Five young azadaars got electrocuted in the Bhittaiabad area of  Gulistan-e-Jauhar here today  and other five got severely injured when the Alum they were preparing for the 7th Muharram procession accidentally touched the electricity wires overhead. 

The dead and injured (all aged between 15 to 20) were initially taken to a nearby medical facility. Later the bodies, still unidentified, were taken to Jinnah Hospital.

K-Electric in its message expressed grief over the accident.

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.