Seventeen students, one teacher killed in school roof collapse in Peshawar
ISLAMABAD: At least 17 students, all of them below the age of 13, and one teacher were killed in a school roof collapse in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, a local hospital spokesperson said on Thursday. The students and the teacher were brought dead to the Lady Reading Hospital along with more than a dozen people who were injured in the incident, hospital spokesperson Mohammad Asim said. The cause of…
A roof collapse at a private school in Peshawar, Pakistan claimed the lives of 17 students, all under the age of 13, and their teacher, according to a hospital spokesperson on Thursday. The victims were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, joined by over a dozen injured individuals. The cause of the collapse remains unknown. Rescue 1122, the regional disaster response agency, reported that children were initially feared trapped beneath the debris in Dir Colony.
First aid was administered to more than 10 injured children, while rescue operations are ongoing to locate additional survivors. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif mourned the loss of life, offering condolences to the deceased's families and pledging support for the injured's swift recovery. A similar roof collapse in Lahore's Kahna area in June left 14 children dead and several injured.
Rainfall had compromised the roof's structural integrity. On March 30, 2026, a house roof collapse in Bannu district resulted in the deaths of three children and injuries to two others during heavy rain.
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