Dead bodies of students lie on the ground as their relatives wail nearby inside a pumping shed at Watlub, India, Tuesday, May 30, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters)

    NEW DELHI, May 30 (Xinhua) -- A tragedy struck picnicking school children Tuesday afternoon when an Indian Navy boat they were in capsized in the Wullar lake in north Kashmir's Baramulla district drowning at least 10 of them, police said.

    "We have so far recovered bodies of 10 children and search for more bodies is continuing. Police and Navy divers have joined the search," Indo-Asian News Service quoted a senior police officer assaying.

    Rescue operations were still continuing, the police said.

    There were 23 children and a teacher aboard the boat when it capsized.

    The students of a school in Handwara, a north Kashmir town, were on a picnic to the health resort of Watlab, bordering the Wullar - Asia's largest fresh water lake.

    They had boarded the Indian navy boat for a joyride, the policeofficer said. Enditem