Selfie Deaths: Youth From Karachi Drowns In Swat River While Taking Selfie

Sheraz was trying to take a picture when he slipped on the wet surface and fell into Swat River.

Swat (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 30th June, 2018) The selfie craze claimed another life on Friday as a tourist from Karachi drowned in the Swat River while attempting to take a selfie.

The 19-year-old youth is identified as Sheraz and a resident of Korangi. In an attempt to get closer to the river, he climbed onto a rock near Bagh Dherai. He was trying to take a picture there when he slipped on the wet surface and fell into the Swat river.

The dead body was recovered from Ningolai, Swat after a search of six hours.

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Earlier, at least a dozen touring students from medical and other colleges of Lahore, Faisalabad and Sahiwal lost their lives while over a dozen others were injured when a bridge, already declared weak, collapsed due to overloading of the students over flooded Kutten nullah at Jaagraan in Kundal Shahi area of Neelum Valley.