Four drown in Haripur.

HARIPUR -- Four people drowned in different water bodies in Haripur, police said on Wednesday.

Khanpur police said that the local divers recovered the bodies of two persons from River Harro, downstream Khanpur reservoir, on Wednesday.

They said that Asif Masood, 18, a resident of Tarlai Islamabad, was bathing when he slipped into the water. They said that body of Hamad, 19, a resident of Supply Bazaar Abbottabad, was found on the bank of the same river near Tarnawa village the same day.

The body carried no signs of torture, but the circumstances suggested that he was murdered after forced drowning and body was dumped on the side of the river.

However, the police said that cause of the death would be determined after the receipt of autopsy report.

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