Seven volunteers repairing drainage channel killed by mudslide

People attend the funeral prayers of seven volunteers who were killed in a massive mudslide when they were repairing a drainage channel in Gilgit, in northern Pakistan (Abdul Rehman/AP)

A massive mudslide early on Monday killed seven volunteers as they repaired a drainage channel damaged by flash floods in northern Pakistan, officials said, and left three others injured.

Rescuers recovered the bodies after the mudslide hit the town of Danyor in Gilgit-Baltistan at dawn and transported the injured to a hospital, said Faizullah Faraq, a regional government spokesperson.