ATLEAST 20 STIDENT KILL NEELUM BRIGHT VELLY COLLAPSE ..!

MUZAFFARABAD , More than 40 student were swept away and at least 20 of them were declared dead after a bridge collapsed in Neelam valley of Azad Kashmir on Sunday.

The Kundal Shahi bridge over the bourn of Jagiran in Neelam valley collapsed as it could not withstand the pressure due to overweight.

Though we are yet to confirm an exact figure, it is believed that between 40 to 45 persons were standing on the footbridge when it crumbled,” said Mirza Zahid Hussain, the superintendent of police in Neelum Valley.
An official at a control room in Muzaffarabad said that three of the deceased had been identified as Shahzeb, Abdul Rehman and Nadeem, adding that it was yet to be confirmed which city they belonged to.

He said eight students — identified as Anam, Alina, Waleed, Sajid, Hamza, Rashid, Zubair (all residents of Faisalabad) and Iqra Mazhar (resident of Multan) — were rescued and had been admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital Athmuqam where their condition was said to be stable.and some student missing .
Locals said the victims were likely boys and girls of a college that were touring the scenic valley.

The area is, however, prohibited to foreign tourists because of its proximity to the heavily militarised Line of Control, the de facto border that splits the disputed Himalayan region between the nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan.