Karachi beach incident: 6 more bodies found, toll rises to 18

<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <b><span id="goog_1940395321"></span><span id="goog_1940395322"></span><br /></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx2O4SqSWl41HS8qgk8R7pVozNSzRSPYVNWDb3Rm70zfn0XaYBfwyLgbkGRDYt9nLbO3wUVGbwgPbgDv8OZzkYGZL7qEOGcgg-Rt_HKSRQXJTXGDY5iOSkv2M6LRAJCYuCDmQN_1Tom0/s1600/pakistan-clifton_7-31-2014_155460_l.jpg" /></div> <b><br /></b> <b>KARACHI: After the rescue workers recovered six more bodies from the Karachi beach on Thursday morning, the toll of drowned persons has risen to eighteen since Wednesday night, Geo News reported.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> Despite a ban on swimming in the sea, more than a dozen persons drowned off Clifton beach here in the provincial capital on the second day of Eid-ul-Fitr. Three of the victims were the members of the same family whose bodies have been sent to their ancestral area.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> According to sources at rescue services, the bodies of the deceased were shifted to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre for completion of medico-legal formalities.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> One of the drowned persons had been identified as 12-year old Manzar. The identities of the rest of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> According to Geo News correspondent, citizens kept bathing and swimming in the sea throughout the day in violation of the ban imposed by the provincial administration on such activities in the monsoon season. This ultimately resulted in the death of eighteen people by drowning so far while the search for the rest is still continuing.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> The tragic incident cast clouds of gloom on many families as festivities of Eid-ul-Fitr entered the third day today.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;"> As a normal routine, people of all ages from the city and those coming from other parts of the country flock to seaside in large numbers to celebrate Eid with friends and family.</div>

Karachi beach incident: 6 more bodies found, toll rises to 18

KARACHI: After the rescue workers recovered six more bodies from the Karachi beach on Thursday morning, the toll of drowned persons ha...

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