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Boy drowns, two men killed in Swat

SWAT: A teenage boy drowned in the Swat River while two men were killed in separate firing incidents in the district on Sunday.

Rescue 1122 officials said that 16-year-old, Hammad, a resident of Miandam, drowned while swimming in the Swat River at Baghdherai.

A Rescue 1122 rescue team rushed to the spot after receiving information and launched a search operation. The team recovered the body from the river at Darshkhela and shifted it to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Khwazakhela, where doctors confirmed his death.

Meanwhile, an 81-year-old man was killed in a firing incident in the Babuzai area near Fizagat Bypass.

A Rescue 1122 medical team reached the scene after receiving information and took him to the Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital, where doctors confirmed his death. The deceased was a resident of Mingora city.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man was killed in the Brama Q onaj area of Babuzai.

The victim, identified as Karimullah, a resident of Shangla, was initially provided medical assistance by a Rescue 1122 team and shifted to Central Hospital Saidu Sharif, where doctors pronounced him dead.

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