A school roof collapse kills 27 students and teachers in Pakistan

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Officials in Pakistan announced that at least 27 children were killed today, Thursday, after the roof of a private school collapsed in the “Deer Colony” neighborhood in the city of Peshawar in the northwest of the country.

The Pakistani Geo News Channel reported that the administration of Lady Reading Hospital, which had initially announced four deaths related to the accident, later announced the arrival of 27 bodies to the hospital.

The hospital administration indicated that 20 children were injured in the accident, and the body of a teacher was transferred to the hospital after the accident, according to the hospital administration.

Meanwhile, the police chief of the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Dr. Mian Saeed, said that more than 40 people were injured when the school roof collapsed in Peshawar.

Rescue officials had previously reported that a number of children were trapped under the rubble, after the school roof collapsed.

Rescue authorities reported the start of rescue operations, with teams searching the rubble for trapped children and school workers.

It is not yet clear why the school roof collapsed.