Tragedy In Peshawar: 32 Children, Teacher Killed As School Roof Collapses In Pakistan
\n\nAt least 33 people, including 32 children and a teacher, were killed when the roof of a school collapsed in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, on Thursday morning. Dozens of others were injured in the incident at Al-Khair Education System School in the city's Dir Colony neighborhood.
\n\nThe children who died were between six and 14 years old, according to officials at Lady Reading Hospital, where the victims were taken. Around 40 to 50 people were reported injured, with several children requiring medical observation.
\n\nHeavy overnight rainfall may have weakened the roof of the two-story building before it collapsed while classes were in session. However, the exact cause of the incident was not immediately clear, and authorities said an investigation would be conducted.
\n\nEmergency workers rushed to the site as local residents joined efforts to search through the rubble. Ambulances transported the dead and injured to Lady Reading Hospital, which declared an emergency following the incident.
\n\nRescue operations continued for a period after the collapse, with emergency services later confirming that everyone trapped beneath the debris had been pulled out.
\n\nThe school’s owner has been detained by police while…
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