Three minors die, mother injured in Swabi wall collapse

SWABI: Three minor brothers were killed and their mother seriously injured when the boundary wall of a mud-house collapsed here on Monday, police said.

The incident occurred in Nazari, a far-flung village of Maneri Bala union council in Swabi tehsil. Soon after the collapse of the wall, other members of the family started crying for help and their neighbours rushed for the rescue work, followed by the police. The people retrieved the three children dead and their mother in the injured position. The woman was taken to Bacha Khan Hospital Complex at Shahmansoor. When contacted, a doctor in the hospital said that the woman condition was critical. The three brothers were identified as Usman Khan, 5, Hanifullah Khan, 4, and Mohammad Umar, 3.