- Title: Burials for victims begin as death toll mounts in Pakistan earthquake
- Date: 25th September 2019
- Summary: MOURNERS (SOUNDBITE) (Punjabi) RELATIVE OF TWO AND HALF YEAR-OLD MOHAMMAD BILAL SAJID, WHO WAS KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE, MAAROOF HUSSAIN, SAYING: "When the earthquake struck, the child was playing outside house. The house collapsed and the debris fell upon the child. He was breathing at that time but it was difficult to reach hospital due to debris from collapsed houses in the way. He died when we reached hospital." RELATIVES CARRYING BODY OF CHILD WOMEN TAKING LAST GLIMPSE OF CHILD RELATIVES CARRYING BODY TO MOSQUE VARIOUS OF MOTHER OF CHILD AND RELATIVES GATHERED AT GRAVEYARD VARIOUS OF MOURNERS BRINGING BODY TO GRAVEYARD VARIOUS OF MOURNERS LOWERING BODY INTO GRAVE VARIOUS OF GRAVE BEING COVERED WITH CONCRETE SLABS MOURNERS
- Embargoed: 9th October 2019 09:51
- Keywords: Pakistan earthquake Kashmir death toll burials Jatlan Azad disasters
- Location: JATLAN, MIRPUR DISTRICT, AZAD, KASHMIR, PAKISTAN
- City: JATLAN, MIRPUR DISTRICT, AZAD, KASHMIR, PAKISTAN
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA003AY5M153
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
The death toll has risen to at least 25 people from an earthquake that struck Pakistani Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday (September 25), as residents mourned their dead and rescue work continued.
Tuesday's (September 24) earthquake leveled homes and shops and split open roads in an area between the towns of Jhelum and Mirpur to the north, part of which is in Pakistan's portion of the disputed territory of Kashmir.
In a town in Mirpur district, more than 200 people gathered to attend the funeral of a child who was killed in the earthquake. Women grieved around the bed where the child's body lay covered in a blanket.
Many people from the area slept outdoors overnight and some were returning home on Wednesday to collect belongings and inspect damage.
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