At least 27 pupils and teacher killed after Pakistan school roof collapses
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3 hours agoBilal Ahmed and Azizullah Khan,BBC Urdu, PeshawarandPhelan ChatterjeeAt least 33 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to hospital officials.
More than a dozen others are injured, with some in a critical condition.
Emergency services were called to the private Al-Khair school in Dir Colony at 08:48 (03:48 GMT) on Thursday after lessons had begun, rescue official Bilal Faizi told the BBC.
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3 hours agoBilal Ahmed and Azizullah Khan,BBC Urdu, PeshawarandPhelan ChatterjeeAt least 33 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to hospital officials.
More than a dozen others are injured, with some in a critical condition.
Emergency services were called to the private Al-Khair school in Dir Colony at 08:48 (03:48 GMT) on Thursday after lessons had begun, rescue official Bilal Faizi told the BBC.