CHITRAL: Three died while at least nine others were injured when snow boulders fell at different spots in Chitral on Sunday.
In the first incident, one man died while two others were injured when a snow boulder fell on him in the morning, according to the police.
Later in the day, two died while seven others were injured in a similar incident, after snow boulder fell on a car workshop on Lowari Top, said the police. At least 12 others are suspected to be stuck under the snow.
Efforts were under way to rescue the others, who according to the police, were stuck under the cold mass.
According to Provincial Disaster Management Authority Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the injured were being shifted to hospitals in Dir and Peshawar.
Moreover, snowfall in Lower Top has caused electricity wires to break. Subsequently, power supply was suspended to parts of the district.