Three young children, including two brothers, drowned after accidentally falling into a water-filled pit in Pir Jhangra village near Larkana on Saturday, police said.
The victims were identified as five-year-old Muhammad Haseeb, six-year-old Saeed, and their three-year-old cousin, Rizwan Kalhoro.
According to police, the children were carrying food to their parents, who were working in nearby fields, when they slipped into a pit filled with stagnant water.
Family members pulled the children from the water and rushed them to Chandka Medical College Hospital, where doctors pronounced all three dead on arrival.
The bereaved family claimed they had called Rescue 1122 for assistance, but no rescue team reached the scene, forcing them to transport the children to hospital themselves. They alleged the delayed emergency response contributed to the tragedy.
After completing the necessary legal formalities, police handed over the bodies to the families.
The incident comes just days after a street vendor in Karachi’s Manzoor Colony rescued a child who had fallen into a water-filled pit, highlighting ongoing concerns over uncovered and poorly secured water hazards.