ASTORE: A newly-married couple was found dead at their house due to gas suffocation in the Astore district of Gilgit-Baltistan, ARY News reported.
According to rescue officials, the victims were killed due to a gas leak in their room. The couple only got married three days ago.
The gas soon filled the room, as s result of which couple sleeping in the room died due to suffocation, rescue officials said.
The bodies were shifted to a nearby hospital to complete legal formalities.
In a similar incident last year a man Jahangir, his wife Musarrat Shaheen and seven-year-old son Ahmad Jahangir had died by suffocation after their room filled with gas, police official said.
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The incidents of deaths by suffocation increase in northern parts of Pakistan during freezing temperatures in winter.
According to a report, last year more than 10 people were died by suffocation in the area.
