28 dead, mostly pupils, in Pakistan after school roof collapses

Twenty-seven pupils and a teacher were killed on Thursday after a roof collapsed at a school in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, a hospital official said. Asim Khan from Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital confirmed the toll, adding that over 30 people were injured, with six believed to be in a critical condition. The hospital declared an emergency as medical staff treated the wounded. A spokesman for the emergency rescue service in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said the schoolchildren were...