Gilgit glacier chunk crushes three

GILGIT: Three persons were crushed to death by a falling chunk of glacier at Chopurson area of Gojal here, Geo News reported.Those killed were on way from Afghanistan to their native places in...

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Gilgit glacier chunk crushes three
GILGIT: Three persons were crushed to death by a falling chunk of glacier at Chopurson area of Gojal here, Geo News reported.

Those killed were on way from Afghanistan to their native places in Pakistan in a caravan of 17 persons for Eid celebrations, when the unfortunate incident of a chunk of glacier fall occurred near Pak-Afghan border at Chopurson area of Gojal, crushing to death three of them, while the remaining 14 persons of the caravan finding the way blocked by glacier fall returned back to Afghanistan.

Rescue operation could not be started thus far due to severe cold and four feet thick of piled up ice at the place of incident.