A tragedy!
Snowstorm kills at least 22, including 10 children, on Pakistani highway after thousands are trapped in cars
By Adela Suliman
Yesterday at 10:00 a.m. EST
At least 10 children are among the dead Saturday after a snowstorm near a Pakistani resort town stranded thousands in their vehicles overnight on a highway in the country’s northeast.
So far, 22 people — 10 men, 10 children and two women — had been found dead, most from hypothermia, Atiq Ahmed, an Islamabad police officer, told the Associated Press, after thick snow fell fast near Murree, a popular vacation destination in the mountains about 40 miles northeast of the capital. Eight of them were from the family of a fellow officer Ahmed identified as Naveed Iqbal, who he said also died in the cold.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted that he was “shocked & upset” at the deaths of the tourists after an “unprecedented snowfall.”
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said at least 1,000 vehicles were still stranded on the snow-covered mountain roads, where he said more than 4 feet fell overnight. He added that troops including a military mountain unit had been called in to help evacuate people. He had announced a lower death toll in a video message: “16 to 19 deaths have occurred in their cars,” Reuters reported.
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/08/pakistan-snow-dead-muree-tourists/
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