SHANGLA: Two students died of electrocution on Monday, when a flag-hoisting ceremony to mark the Independence Day of Pakistan, was underway in Shangla area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The bodies were shifted to local hospital for medico-legal formalities.
The deceased were identified as Usman, 8, and Rehan, 9, second and third grade students respectively.
SHO Sher Hassan said that a complete building of school was not present, while students were forced to get education in open-air. A flag-hoisting ceremony was underway at the school when a pipe on which flag was raised, it contacted electrical wires alongside the pipe, hence, students died of electrocution, he added.
