Women among six drown at Gadani beach

KARACHI: At least six people, women among them, drowned while merrymaking at Gadani beach during a picnic on Friday, ARY News reported. 

According to rescue and police sources, the bodies of four women who died of drowning while picnicking at the beach have been retrieved while search to find the rest is underway.

The people who drowned at the famous beach belonged to the same family hailing from Lyari’s Kachhi Para neighbourhood.

The family had arrived at Gadani beach for a picnic. The identities of the deceased couldn’t be ascertained immediately.

Lately, two youngsters died of drowning at Hawke’s Bay beach.  A family had gone to the beach for a picnic on the second day of Eid.

The picnic turned into a tragedy after two youth of the family were carried away by strong currents.

Rescue officials reached the site of the incident and launched search for the two drowning youngsters.

An Edhi spokesman said that the two youth drowned while swimming at the sunset point.