Pakistan school collapse kills almost 30 students and a teacher

Islamabad — Almost 30 students and a teacher were killed Thursday when the roof of a private school collapsed in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, local officials said.The bodies of 17 children were brought to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) in the city following the incident, in addition to the body of a female teacher, Mohammad Asim, a spokesperson for the hospital told CBS News, adding that some survivors were also admitted in critical condition. At least 29 people were killed in total after the collapse at the Al-Khair Education Center in Peshawar's southwest Dir district, according to Asim and other local officials.

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