Divers recover 2 more bodies from Kashmir bridge collapse

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani rescuers have
recovered two more bodies of students who fell into a river when an old
wooden bridge collapsed in Kashmir, bringing the death toll to seven.
Dozens
of students were taking photos from the hanging bridge when it
collapsed Sunday. Authorities rescued 14 students, but say seven more
are still missing and feared dead.
The students
from a medical college in eastern Punjab province were visiting the
picnic point of Kundal Shahi, some 75 kilometers (50 miles) north of
Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Kashmir is split between Pakistan and India, both of which claim the Himalayan region in its entirety
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