School roof collapse in Pakistan's Peshawar kills at least 17 students
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At least 17 pupils and one teacher died on Thursday when a school roof collapsed in the Afridi Abad area of Peshawar, Pakistan, local authorities confirmed. Another 12 people were injured and taken to Lady Reading Hospital as rescue workers searched the rubble for survivors. The cause was not immediately clear. Roof and wall collapses at schools are increasingly common in Pakistan, driven by poor building standards and maintenance; earlier this year, incidents killed three girls near Umerkot, one child in Lahore and 14 children at a tutoring facility in Lahore.
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