Jammu & Kashmir

16 injured as house collapses in Poonch

An inside view of Poonch hospital. [File Photo]

Poonch: At least sixteen women were injured after a house collapsed in Khanetar village of Poonch district on Thursday.

An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer  that incident happened when people had assembled in the house of Zakir Hussain Shah of Khanetar village to mourn death of a family member.

He said that due to heavy load amid large presence of mourners, roof of the house collapsed, resulting in injuries to 16 women. The injured have been rushed to a hospital for treatment, he said.

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