With the increase in cold weather conditions and snowfall, pneumonia disease spread in Mansehra as the disease claimed lives of four children so far. According to different hospitals sources, Nasir Khan's one year old daughter Arba of Dharang area of Dhodial, Abdus Salam's one month old son Azan Ali of Balakot, Iqbal's nine-month old daughter Maroba of Tanawal and three-year old son of Muhammad Yasin of Saran have died of pneumonia.
Local people said that due to severe cold pneumonia disease has turned into epidemic in the area. They have demanded of the health department to launch special anti-pneumonia vaccination drive in the area to curb the disease.
Meanwhile, in separate incident, unidentified people burned alive a woman inside her home early morning on Monday in Athar Shesha area of Mansehra.
According to police, a woman Aneela Bibi mother of three children in Mansehra's Athar Shesha area was found burned to death inside her home. Police shifted the dead body to King Abdullah Hospital.
A First Information Report has been registered against unknown suspects on the request of the woman's father Sadiq. An investigation into the murder is currently underway.
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