The condition of the injured is said to be out of danger, Photo: File
Muscat: A woman and 7 children were seriously injured when a swing collapsed during the festival at the Amman Convention and Exhibition Center.
According to Arab media, the swing incident happened in Muscat, the capital of Oman, where a festival was going on in the Convention and Exhibition Center and a large number of citizens were present.
Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority pulled out more than a dozen people trapped in the swing during the rescue operations and shifted 8 injured to the hospital. The injured have sustained serious injuries but are out of danger.
Police said that an inquiry committee has been formed to investigate the accident, but initially it seems that the accident was due to a technical fault.
Such incidents are rare in Oman, but in 2016, a foreign boy was killed and another person injured when a hammock collapsed.
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