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16 people are killed when a bus carrying wedding guests in Pakistan plunges into a river

At least 16 people were killed Tuesday when a bus carrying guests at a wedding in Pakistan fell into a river. a bus carrying guests to a wedding has fallen into a river in Diamera mountainous area located in the Gilgit Baltistan region in the northeast of Pakistan.

Diamer Superintendent of Police Sher Khan told the Pakistani newspaper. Dawn than “16 bodies have been recovered from the river.while the search for the remaining people continues,” as 22 people are estimated to have fallen into the water.

According to him, there is one injured person, the bride, who has been taken to hospital for treatment. The vehicle was coming from Astore district and fell into the Indus River during the afternoon in the disputed Kashmir region.

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims and ordered the need to “accelerate relief operations”.The governmental Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has indicated through its profile on the social network X.

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