WorldPESHAWAR, AFP -An 11-year-old girl drowned on Tuesday after falling into a river in northern Pakistan while attempting to take a selfie and her parents also died trying to save her, officials said. The drownings occurred in the Kunhar river that flows through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, at a hilly tourist spot in Beesian village, some 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Islamabad. “The girl, Safia Atif, was trying to take a selfie along the river when she slipped and fell,” local police official Arshad Khan told AFP, explaining the incident was witnessed by other tourists. Safia's mother Shazia Atif then jumped in to save her daughter but was swept away. He said the parents were doctors from Punjab province and had taken their family to the area on holiday.

Source: Sunday Times August 16, 2016 09:33 UTC