Roof collapse kills 6 in NW Pakistan
Several women and children were trapped under the debris.
ISLAMABAD: Six people, mostly children, were killed and five others injured after the roof of a house collapsed in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, a rescue official said.
The incident occurred at around 4 a.m. on Sunday in Shabqadar area of Charsadda district, where everal women and children were trapped under the debris after the structure caved in, according to state-run Rescue 1122.
The house was made of mud and had weakened due to the rains, Bilal Ahmad Faizi, spokesperson for Rescue 1122 KP, told Xinhua.
The injured were given first aid and shifted to a nearby hospital, he said.
Those killed included children aged between two and 14 years and a woman aged 25, while the injured also included women and minors, the spokesperson added.
-Xinhua
