LARKANA: Three electrocuted in village

Published November 20, 2006

LARKANA, Nov 19: Three young men were electrocuted in Shahdadkot on Sunday while trying to save each other from a tubewell which had got live current.

According to reports reaching here, farmer Abdul Karim Magsi, 25, was repairing the tubewell in a field in Korijo village.

He received an electric shock and screamed for help.

One Abdul Sattar rushed to help the man, but he himself got trapped.

Another man, Mumtaz Magsi, came to their rescue and he also received the fatal shock.

Three of them died instantly.

They were buried in the village by grieving relatives.

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