Six Palestinians, including three brothers, dead as cesspit caves in near Hebron
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.
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Three brothers who attempted a rescue also died, along with another youth trying to help.
وداع عائلة الشوامرة جنوب الخليل لأبنائها الذين قضوا غرقا في حفرة امتصاصية
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A police spokesman told AFP the victims were aged between 16 and 50.
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