28 dead, mostly pupils, in Pakistan after school roof collapses
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Emergency crews in Peshawar scramble to locate survivors trapped under debris following a fatal structural failure during lessons
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Agence France-Presse Published: 4:22pm, 15 Oct 2026 Updated: 4:32pm, 15 Oct 2026 Twenty-seven pupils and a teacher were killed on Thursday after a roof collapsed at a school in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, a hospital official said.
Asim Khan from Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital confirmed the toll, adding that over 30 people were injured, with six believed to be in a critical condition. The hospital declared an emergency as medical staff treated the wounded.
A spokesman for the emergency rescue service in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said the schoolchildren were crushed and trapped after the roof gave way.
“When the Rescue 1122 emergency response teams arrived at the scene, they found that one roof had collapsed on to another, causing the classroom below to be crushed and trapping children inside,” spokesman Bilal Ahmad Faizi said.
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