Update: Pakistan school roof collapse leaves more than 30 pupils dead
At least 34 people, including 33 students and a teacher, have died after parts of a school collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan. A hospital spokesperson has reported at least 19 others are injured, including five in a critical condition. Images from the scene show the scale of the collapse and one eye witness described seeing children […]
At least 34 people, including 33 students and a teacher, lost their lives when part of a school collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan. At least 19 others were injured, with some in critical condition. Eyewitnesses described seeing children trapped under the debris with rubble piled up to their necks. The school, situated in a narrow street, had substandard roof slabs and was deemed to be overloaded.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has vowed to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident, which has prompted the school's owner to be arrested. Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif has called for those responsible to be held accountable.
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- Roof collapse at Pakistan school kills 31 abcnews.com
- School roof collapse kills at least 34, injures more than 50 in Pakistan koreatimes.co.kr
- Pakistan: Classrooms reduced to rubble in deadly school disaster, at leat 32 pupils killed euronews.com
- School roof collapse kills teacher, 27 children in NW Pakistan torontosun.com
- Pakistan school roof collapse kills 28; more deaths feared channelnewsasia.com
