Pakistan school roof collapse kills 28; more deaths feared
Rescuers searched the rubble for children as officials said 47 were injured and the school owner was arrested.
- On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the roof of the Al-Khair Education Center in Peshawar's Dir Colony collapsed during morning classes, killing at least 28 people, including 27 students and one female teacher.
- Peshawar police chief Mian Saeed confirmed the school owner's arrest, stating the building was "structurally weak" and incapable of supporting additional construction weight.
- Rescue teams deployed 16 ambulances and more than 60 personnel to the site, while Lady Reading Hospital declared an emergency to treat more than 40 injured survivors.
- Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar stated the incident "deeply pained the entire nation," as provincial authorities formed a committee to investigate the collapse cause.
- Building collapses are common across Pakistan due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials, with similar tragedies reported in June and July this year.
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34 children killed in Pakistan school roof collapse
There were desperate scenes in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, as rescuers spent hours digging through the rubble of a collapsed school building, some of them with their bare hands. The school’s roof fell in during morning classes, burying more than a hundred pupils.
In the city of Peshawar in Pakistan, the roof of the three-storey private school of Al-Hayr collapsed, at least 34 children were killed and one teacher was injured, and more than 50 people were injured, reports the Associated Press on Thursday.
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Prensa LibreThe collapse of a roof in a private school in Pakistan left more than 30 dead, mostly children.
They were in class when the roof of their school collapsed: many students and one teacher died. In the hospital, severely injured people wrestle for their lives.
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