Swabi well tragedy: four dead due to asphyxiation

SWABI: A tragic incident claimed the lives of four people, including a young girl, who died of suffocation in a well in the Gordon Camp area in Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.

According to rescue sources, the girl had accidentally fallen into the well, and three men jumped into the well to rescue her.

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However, they all succumbed to asphyxiation due to the lack of oxygen in the well.

The bodies of the four victims were retrieved from the well by rescue teams after a difficult operation.

Rescue officials believe that the victims died of suffocation due to the lack of oxygen in the well.