30 women injured as house ceiling collapses in Kupwara
At least 30 women were injured when the first-floor ceiling of a residential house collapsed during a religious gathering in Kupwara district on Sunday, officials said.
The women had assembled for a religious discourse inside a hall in the house of a preacher at Pohrupeth village when the ceiling suddenly fell down, resulting in injuries to some of them, the officials said.
They said the incident occurred around 2.30 pm and the injured were immediately rushed to the Government Medical College hospital in Handwara for treatment.
“We have received around 30 injured women and fortunately, all of them are stable,” Hospital Medical Superintendent Aijaz Ahmad said.
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