ISLAMABAD: At least two persons were killed and six other people were injured after a ferris wheel fell on participants of a mela during the windstorm on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place at Pindorian village where a three-day traditional mela was underway in connection with the Urs of Chan Pir Baba, the police said.

When the windstorm started, all of a sudden the ferris wheel was uprooted and fell on people moving around it.

As a result, scores of people, including women and children, sustained injuries and two of them - Shafiq, 75, and a girl died on the spot.

At least six people who were critically injured were shifted to hospital. Others with minor injuries were taken away by their relatives before arrival of the police.

An officer of the capital administration said the traditional mela had been an annual feature for decades. As per practice of the capital administration, permission was not required for traditional gatherings.

Published in Dawn,June 17th, 2022