Five children, mother die in Ziarat landslide

Five children, mother die in Ziarat landslide

Quetta (Staff Report): At least six members of a family, including mother and five children, were killed after landslide hit their house in Zindah Pir Kali Syed Abad area of Ziarat on Monday.

According to Deputy Commissioner, a woman and her five children were killed when a rockslide hit their house in Zinda Pir area. However, he added, a two-year-old girl miraculously escaped in the incident.

The deceased have been identified as Qadeer, Ayub, Baseer, Naseeb and their mother, Bibi Hajra. The bodies were shifted to a nearby hospital.

The landslide was triggered by torrential rains in the southwestern province of Balochistan.