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6 Palestinians dead as cesspit caves in
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.
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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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