6 Palestinians dead as cesspit caves in

A father and son drowned after a septic pit collapsed, while four other members of their extended family died trying to rescue them.

MENA

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The New Arab Staff & Agencies

26 September, 2020

The incident occured in a village near the West Bank city of Hebron [Anadolu]

Six Palestinians from the same extended family were killed as an old cesspit caved in Saturday in a village near Hebron in the West Bank, Palestinian police and witnesses said.

A father and his son were digging a septic pit when the adjacent old one collapsed, drowning them both, witnesses in Deir al-Asal said.

Three brothers who attempted a rescue also died, along with another youth trying to help.

A police spokesman told AFP the victims were aged between 16 and 50.

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