Roof collapse kills 14 children at Pakistan tuition centre

Two people are taken into custody after the incident in the Kahna suburb of Lahore.

Pakistan roof collapse kills 14 children at tutoring centre

Local officials said preliminary reports showed the centre was unregistered and operating inside a privately owned residential building Fourteen children died after ⁠the roof of a tutoring centre collapsed in Pakistan’s eastern city of ⁠Lahore on Tuesday, ⁠rescue ​officials have said, as authorities opened the way for a possible negligence ⁠investigation. Punjab’s emergency service said rescuers found children and a 30-year-old female teacher ⁠under the rubble of the private after-school fac...

By Guardian staff and agencies

At least 14 children killed after roof of Pakistan tuition centre collapses

One teacher and eight other children also injured after incident in Lahore.

Roof collapse kills 14 children at tutoring centre in Pakistan’s Lahore, officials say

A roof collapse at a tutoring centre under construction in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed at least 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue officials said. Eight other children were also injured and were being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal Kamran said, adding that the owner of the tutoring centre and another person have been arrested. Kamran said rescuers were continuing to search through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be...

By Associated Press

14 children killed as tuition centre roof collapses in Lahore

Tragedy struck Lahore as the roof of a private tuition centre, operating from an under-construction building, collapsed, claiming the lives of at least 14 young students aged seven to thirteen. Twenty others, including a teacher, were injured and hospitalized. Authorities have arrested the contractor as rescue efforts continue, with fears the death toll may rise.

By TOI WORLD DESK

14 Children Killed After Coaching Centre Roof Collapses In Pakistan

The roof of a tutoring centre collapsed, killing at least 14 children and injuring five in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, officials said.

7 children feared dead in Lahore tuition centre roof collapse: rescue service

LAHORE: As many as seven children were feared dead on Tuesday, while several others were injured, when the roof of a private tuition centre reportedly collapsed in Lahore’s Kahna area. A Rescue 1122 spokesperson said seven children were recovered with no pulse, with fears that they had died under the collapsed structure. He said the death toll could exceed 10, as Rescue 1122 teams on the spot reported to the Emergency Services headquarters that the condition of the trapped children was critic...

By none@none.com (Asif Chaudhry)

Pakistan tutoring centre roof collapses, killing 14 children 

Workers had been repairing tiles on the building when the roof collapsed, killing at least 14 children and injuring five.

Lahore roof collapse claims 14 young lives

Construction work was underway on roof of tuition centre at time of accident

By Muhammad Shahzad

School roof collapse kills at least 14 children in Pakistan's Lahore

The roof of a building collapsed, killing at least 14 children and injuring five in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, the Edhi ambulance service said on Tuesday. 'A roof col...