At least 27 pupils and teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan
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At least 27 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to hospital officials.
More than a dozen others are injured, with some in a critical condition. Several children are feared trapped under the rubble.
Emergency services were alerted to the incident at the private Al-Khair school in Dir Colony at 08:48 (03:48 GMT) on Thursday after lessons had begun, a rescue official said.