Women who died in Eryri pools named

TWO women who died at a Welsh beauty spot have been named.

- ANDREW FORGRAVE

Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25, died after being pulled from the pools near Yr Wyddfa’s Watkin Path last Wednesday evening.

Emergency services were called to the scene, in the Nant Gwynant area of Gwynedd, at around 9.30pm.

Police said one of the women had already been pulled from the water, while the second woman remained in the pools.

Emergency crews pulled the second woman from the water but both were pronounced dead at the scene, said North Wales Police.

Inquests into the women’s deaths are scheduled to open in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, tomorrow.