A 12-year-old boy died after his leg was trapped in the rope of a furious sacrificial animal in Karachi’s Godhra Chowk area on Friday.

CCTV footage available with Aaj News shows that the boy was watching the animal when it escaped and dragged the boy by his leg.

The area residents caught the animal and rushed the boy to the hospital, however, he succumbed to his wounds.

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The Zilhaj moon was sighted, hence Eidul Azha will fall on Thursday, June 29, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee said on June 20.

“Thank God, the weather was clear in most areas of Pakistan but cloudy in some. And testimony of the moon being sighted was received from different areas, including Islamabad, Lahore, Bahawalpur, Khanpur, Ghotki, Bahawalnagar, Karachi, Peshawar, and other locations,” committee chairman Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad said at a press conference in Islamabad.