11 train-roof passengers killed in Pakistan

At least 11 people died in Pakistan when they were knocked off the roof of a crowded train or electrocuted after religious flags they were carrying to an Islamic festival became entangled in an overhead power line.

11 train-roof passengers killed in Pakistan

At least 11 people died in Pakistan when they were knocked off the roof of a crowded train or electrocuted after religious flags they were carrying to an Islamic festival became entangled in an overhead power line.

The accident, which also injured more than 40 people, occurred yesterday evening near the town of Sukkur, about 220 miles north-east of Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province.

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