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3 of 'Bakarwal' family killed, 1 injured in J&K's Pulwama

Police said three members of a Bakarwal family were killed and another critically injured when their tent came under the debris of soil embankment in Noorpora area of Tral tehsil in Pulwama district

By IANS
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Three members of a 'Bakarwal' (Nomad Goatherds) family were killed and another injured on Saturday in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Police said three members of a Bakarwal family were killed and another critically injured when their tent came under the debris of soil embankment in Noorpora area of Tral tehsil in Pulwama district.

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"The soil embankment caved in due to incessant rain. Locals joined the police rescue team and all the four were shifted to hospital in a critical condition.

"Three of the family succumbed while another is being treated", police said.

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