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Tributes paid after two women die in Eryri pool tragedy
Caernarfon and Denbeigh Herald
|June 18, 2025
TWO women who died on Yr Wyddfa had "touched the lives of many", a university has said.
Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25, were recovered from waterfall pools on Wales' highest mountain.
Tributes have been paid to the pair, who were found at the pools near the Watkin Path last Wednesday evening, June 11.
The senior coroner for northwest Wales, Kare Robertson, is due to open an inquest into their deaths in Caernarfon today, Wednesday.
The two woman were studying international business at the University of Chester. They had begun master's degrees at the campus earlier this year.
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of Caernarfon and Denbeigh Herald.
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