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School Roof Collapse In Peshawar

15 Oct to 16 Oct

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Manzoor AliDawn
Manzoor AliUmer FarooqAshfaq YusufzaiDawn
Riaz KhanSydney Morning Herald
Olivia AllhusenDaily Mail
Sami YousafzaiCBS News
Nawa TahirDawn
Phelan ChatterjeeBBC
Bilal AhmedBBC
Azizullah KhanBBC

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At least 17 children and a teacher were killed and more than 40 people were injured when the roof of a private school collapsed in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Thursday (October 15, 2026), police said.

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Building collapses are common in Pakistan, where construction standards are often poorly enforced.

4 of 10 outletsfirst reported 15 Octwording from Sydney Morning Herald

Several children remained trapped under the rubble in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for the emergency services.

4 of 10 outletsfirst reported 15 Octwording from Sydney Morning Herald

The hospital declared an emergency as medical staff treated the wounded.

3 of 10 outletsfirst reported 15 Octwording from Sydney Morning Herald

According to witnesses, residents were among the first to reach the school in a congested neighbourhood in central Peshawar.

3 of 10 outletsfirst reported 15 Octwording from Sydney Morning Herald

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15 Oct
PESHAWAR: At least seventeen students have been killed as the roof of a private school collapsed in Peshawar’s Dir Colony on Thursday.
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Coverage 17 articles

16 Oct Peshawar mourns children killed in school roof collapse
Al Jazeera
15 Oct At the scene of a school roof collapse in Pakistan
BBC
15 Oct At least 33 pupils and teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan
BBC
15 Oct School collapses in Pakistan: A timeline of incidents since 2021
Dawn
15 Oct Peshawar school roof collapse kills 29, including 28 students
Dawn
15 Oct School roof collapses in Pakistan, killing at least 28 children and teacher
CBC
15 Oct At least 29 killed, including 28 students, in Peshawar school roof collapse
Dawn
15 Oct Pakistan school collapse kills almost 30 students and a teacher
CBS News
15 Oct School roof collapse kills at least 28, injures more than 3 dozen in Pakistan
Toronto Star
15 Oct Dozens of students killed alongside teacher as school roof collapses in Pakistan
Daily Mail

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15 Oct 17 students and a teacher dead after school roof collapse in Pakistan
ABC News (AU)
15 Oct At least 27 students killed in school roof collapse in Pakistan
Sydney Morning Herald
15 Oct 17 children, teacher killed, over 40 injured as school roof collapses in Pakistan’s Peshawar
The Hindu
15 Oct At least 21 killed as school roof collapses in Peshawar
Dawn
15 Oct At least 17 killed as school roof collapses in Peshawar
Dawn
15 Oct At least 4 killed, 20 injured as school roof collapses in Peshawar: Rescue 1122
Dawn
15 Oct At least 10 children injured as school roof collapses in Peshawar: Rescue 1122
Dawn

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