Eighteen killed, including 17 children, in Pakistan school roof collapse
At least 18 people, most of them children, died and over 30 were injured when a school roof collapsed in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan.
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AIEighteen people, including 17 children and a teacher, were killed and more than 30 others injured on Wednesday after the roof of a private school collapsed in the city of Peshawar, northwest Pakistan.
Mohammad Asim, spokesperson for Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, said all the children who died were under the age of 13. He added that a state of emergency was declared at the hospital to receive the injured, some of whom are in critical condition.
Rescue and ambulance teams rushed to the scene immediately after the incident. Search operations are ongoing for people who may still be trapped under the rubble, amid fears that the death toll could rise.
Meanwhile, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy, offering condolences to the victims' families and directing authorities to expedite rescue efforts and provide the best possible medical care to the injured.