Asif Ali Khan
PESHAWAR: At least 29 people, including 28 students, were killed when the roof of a private school collapsed in Peshawar’s Dir Colony on Thursday, according to Rescue officials at the site.
The tragic incident occurred at the three-storey building housing Al-Khair School, prompting an emergency response from rescue teams and medical authorities.
Muhammad Asim, spokesperson for Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), said 28 students — two girls and 18 boys all aged between seven and 12 years — were brought to the hospital dead. A female teacher was also brought in dead while scores of injured children were admitted for treatment.
An emergency was declared at LRH, where hospital officials and medical teams were present in the trauma centre to oversee treatment. Some of the injured children were reported to be in critical condition.
All the children involved were aged 13 or younger, according to the hospital spokesperson.