Follow-Up: Death Toll in Peshawar School Roof Collapse Rises to 35 — 34 Students and a Teacher Killed
Peshawar — The death toll from Thursday morning's roof collapse at a private school in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, has risen to 35, with 34 students and a female teacher killed and at least 45 children injured, Reuters reported in its latest update on October 15. GSM had earlier reported at least 33 deaths based on the tally then given by Lady Reading Hospital; officials revised the figure upward as the rescue operation concluded.
Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson Mohammad Asim told Reuters that the fatalities include 12 girl students and the female teacher, that three children remained in critical condition with head injuries, and that most of the injured taken to the hospital had been treated and discharged. Arif Khattak, regional director of the Rescue Department, said the collapse occurred at 8:48 a.m. local time and the rescue operation lasted four to five hours. A hospital admission list circulated in local media recorded 33 deaths among 53 patients, slightly below the latest official total reported by Reuters; GSM follows the latest official tally reported by Reuters and will update as officials revise the figures.
The school was the privately run Al-Khair Education Center in Peshawar's Dir Colony. Peshawar police chief Mian Saeed said 110 students were in three classrooms when an upper-floor roof caved in onto the classrooms below, that the building's structure was weak and its roof overloaded with construction, and that the school's owner had been arrested and an investigation launched. Deputy Commissioner Afaq Wazir confirmed the rescue operation had concluded and the debris had been cleared. Reuters reported that most of the victims were under 13 and from low-income households, and that the narrow alley where the school stands hampered rescue access.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：收治本次事故伤者的白沙瓦雷丁夫人医院（资料图），该院发言人公布了最新伤亡数字。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，Khalid Mahmood 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0 授权 / Photo: Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, where the injured were taken and whose spokesperson released the updated toll (file photo). Source: Wikimedia Commons, by Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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