At least 27 students and one teacher were killed when a school roof collapsed during classes in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday (15 October). Twenty others were injured, while authorities warned the death toll could rise as rescue operations continued.
The incident occurred at the private Al-Khair Education Center in Peshawar’s Dir Colony neighbourhood. Most of those killed were children under the age of 13, according to authorities.
Hospital spokesperson Mohammad Asim said most of the victims were pronounced dead on arrival at Lady Reading Hospital, where 20 injured people were also taken for treatment.
According to a rescue official, the roof of an upper floor collapsed onto the first-floor roof, causing it to give way and fall onto students attending classes below.
Television footage showed ambulances arriving at the scene as rescue workers pulled injured and bloodied students from the debris.
“We have so far taken out at least 45 children from the rubble,” district emergency officer Iftikhar Khan said.
He added that more children were feared to be trapped beneath the rubble as rescue operations continued.
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