Pakistan school roof collapse kills 27 students, one teacher

At ​least 27 ​students, most of them below the age of 13, and one teacher were killed on Thursday when a school roof collapsed while they were being taught in ⁠class in Pakistan's Peshawar city, authorities ⁠said, and feared the death toll could rise.
Most of the victims were brought dead to the ‌Lady Reading Hospital, along with ​20 others who ⁠were wounded, hospital spokesperson Mohammad Asim ​said.
The private Al-Khair Education ‌Center school is located in Dir Colony of the ​northern city. Rescue teams were working to shift bodies and the injured to hospitals, government official Bilal Faizi said.
A rescue official said the roof ‌of a higher floor collapsed on the roof ​of the first floor of the building ​which ‌in ⁠turn collapsed on students in classes.
Television visuals showed ambulances rushing to the scene and rescue ​workers retrieving bloodied students from ⁠the rubble.
'We ​have so far taken out at least 45 children from the rubble,' district emergency officer Iftikhar Khan said.
There are reports ​of more children being buried ​in the rubble, he added.