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At least 14 schoolchildren are killed and nine others are hospitalized after the roof of an under-construction tuition centre collapses in Lahore, Pakistan.
Confirmed
At least 14 schoolchildren have been killed after the roof of a tutoring centre in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed, according to officials. He said the tutoring center was housed in an aging building and that the roof of an unfinished second floor apparently collapsed because of poor construction quality.
Medical sources said the children killed in the collapse were aged between around four and 12, according to the AFP news agency. Witnesses said ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the roof collapsed.
Eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal Kamran said, adding that the owner of the tutoring center and another person have been arrested. Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris.
What's confirmed
- Eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal Kamran said, adding that the owner of the tutoring center and another person have been arrested.
- At least 14 schoolchildren have been killed after the roof of a tutoring centre in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed, according to officials.
- Medical sources said the children killed in the collapse were aged between around four and 12, according to the AFP news agency.
What's still developing
- Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris.
- He said the tutoring center was housed in an aging building and that the roof of an unfinished second floor apparently collapsed because of poor construction quality.
- Witnesses said ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the roof collapsed.
- At least 14 schoolchildren have been killed after the roof of a tutoring centre in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed, according to officials.
- Medical sources said the children killed in the collapse were aged between around four and 12, according to the AFP news agency.