Two students drown, 10 others rescued near Parwak

BOONI, April 25: Two students, both aged about 15 years, died after drowning in the river Yarkhun on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Abrar, son of retired Subedar Sohrab, and Hasnat, son of Habibullah. Reports said a group of schoolchildren had gone to the riverside at Shiyaq area for a picnic where they drowned one after the other into the river while swimming in a pond. People present on the spot rescued 10 of the students. However, two of them were found unconscious when they were retrieved from the water at a short distance. The two students were rushed to a hospital in Booni where doctors pronounced them dead.]]>