CHITRAL, May 1: Two students of a local high school died when part of a hillock fell on them while they were playing in a local ground on Tuesday in Reshun village, some 50 kilometres from here.

Local people said that the two class-10 students, Saddam Hussain and Aftab Mohammad, were playing cricket along with other children in the playground of Reshun village when the incident occurred. They said that big rocks from the hillock starting rolling down all at once and hit and buried the two boys. Soon after the incident the villagers reached the spot and removed the rocks, but by the time the two boys had died. — Correspondent

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