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  "id": 14698316,
  "title": "School roof collapse kills at least 34, injures more than 50 in Pakistan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/school-roof-collapse-kills-at-least-34-injures-more-than-50-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T13:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261015/school-roof-collapse-kills-at-least-34-injures-more-than-50-in-pakistan"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A private school's roof collapsed in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, claiming the lives of at least 34 children and a teacher and leaving over 50 people injured, according to authorities and a hospital official. The victims at Al-Khair school ranged in age from 6 to 12 years, with the eldest being 14, reported Lady Reading Hospital spokesman Mohammad Asim. Some of the injured were in critical condition, prompting the hospital to declare an emergency to provide treatment for the wounded.\n\nRescue officials declared that all individuals trapped under the rubble had been extricated, and crews were now focused on clearing the debris. Mahwish Zaman, an injured teacher speaking from a hospital bed, recounted the harrowing experience of the three-story school housing approximately 1,200 students in nursery through fifth grade. She described feeling the classroom as if the sky had fallen when the roof gave way, later regaining consciousness.",
  "summary": "PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 34 children and a teacher and injuring more than 50 other people in the deadliest incident of its kind in the country, authorities and a hospital official said. The children killed or injured at Al-Khair school were between 6 and 12 years old, while the oldest…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Pakistan school roof collapse kills 28; more deaths feared",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pakistan-school-roof-collapse-kills-28-more-deaths-feared",
        "published": "2026-10-15T08:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Pakistan school roof collapse kills 28; more deaths feared",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pakistan-school-roof-collapse-kills-28-more-deaths-feared-14673058",
        "published": "2026-10-15T10:48:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "School roof collapse kills teacher, 27 children in NW Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/school-roof-collapse-kills-teacher-27-children-in-nw-pakistan",
        "published": "2026-10-15T11:32:34.000Z"
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        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "At least 27 children and a teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/at-least-27-children-and-a-teacher-killed-after-school-roof-collapses",
        "published": "2026-10-15T12:00:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Pakistan: Classrooms reduced to rubble in deadly school disaster, at leat 32 pupils killed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pakistan-classrooms-reduced-to-rubble-in-deadly-school-disaster-at",
        "published": "2026-10-15T13:03:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "School roof collapse kills teacher, 32 children in NW Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/school-roof-collapse-kills-teacher-32-children-in-nw-pakistan",
        "published": "2026-10-15T13:10:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "School roof collapse kills at least 34, injures more than 50 in Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/school-roof-collapse-kills-at-least-34-injures-more-than-50-in-14702015",
        "published": "2026-10-15T13:22:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Roof collapse at Pakistan school kills 31",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/roof-collapse-at-pakistan-school-kills-31",
        "published": "2026-10-15T15:33:40.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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