School Roof Collapse in Pakistan Kills 35
At least 34 students and one female teacher were killed and more than 50 others injured after the roof of a private school collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan.
According to Pakistani media reports, the incident occurred on Thursday (15 October) at Al-Khair School in the Dir Colony area of Peshawar.
Rescue officials said the roof of the upper floor collapsed first, followed by the roof of the lower floor, which fell onto the students.
Most of the victims were reportedly children under the age of 13.
Rescue teams pulled people trapped under the rubble to safety after several hours of operations. The condition of some of the injured has been reported as critical.
Meanwhile, Peshawar police said the school owner had been arrested and an investigation into the cause of the incident had been launched.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed condolences to the families of the victims and called for immediate medical care for the injured.
