Two fall off waterfall to death taking selfies

SWAT: Two friends fell to death from the top of hundreds of feet high Ali Dad waterfall while taking selfies here in Swat on Saturday.

The bodies were recovered and shifted to Civil Hospital Barikot.

According to Barikot Ghaligay Police SHO Habib Said Khan, three friends went to Ali Dad Waterfall in Barikot Tehsil for a picnic. There one of the friends 27-year-old Sanaullah, a resident of Faizabad Saidu Sharif, while taking selfies at the upper end of the waterfall, slipped off and fell. In the meanwhile, his friend 33-year-old Adnan Bacha, a resident of Faizabad Saidu Sharif, rushed to save his friend, but both fell into the pond from a height of three to four hundreds feet and died on the spot.

The police officer informed that the third companion, 18-year-old Umar son of Ayaz, a resident of Faizabad Saidu Sharif, survived the incident. On information, locals rushed to the site and took out the dead bodies from the pond. Later, Rescue 1122 personnel reached the spot and shifted the bodies to Civil Hospital Barikot for legal proceedings.

 

Syed Shahabuddin
Syed Shahabuddin
Reporter at Pakistan Today

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