Hunza Valley, Pakistan – On Monday, April 9, 2018 an avalanche struck a shepherd’s hut below the Ultar Glacier in the Ultar Nallah area of the Hunza Valley near Kaimabad in Pakistan. Three tourists were caught, buried, and killed.
TheHighAsia.com, writes that “According to a local shepherd’s account, a huge boulder fell on the glacier causing a chain reaction and the avalanche slipped from a mountain slope. He alerted the young picnickers to run away. Two of them, Syed Anwar and Wajid from Altit village, ran outside the hut and were swept away by the strong wind. But the other three friends — Arsalan Mushtaq alias Shani, a resident of Lahore, Mamal Baig and Ilhan Baig both from Altit village — went inside the hut and were buried under the debris of the snow and mudslides.”
Rescuers initiated a search. According o Geo.tv, the bodies were recovered on Thursday morning.
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