Roof collapse at Peshawar school kills at least 17 children

The roof of a private school in Peshawar, Pakistan, collapsed Thursday, killing at least 17 children and injuring more than 40 others.

• Pakistani police announced that at least 17 children were killed and more than 40 injured in the collapse at the school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
• A Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson said it had received the bodies of children all under 13 and of their teacher, who died in the incident.
• Rescue teams are searching the rubble for children and staff believed to be still trapped at the site.
• Officials have not yet determined what caused the school roof to collapse.
• Authorities confirmed that at least 27 children were killed and 47 injured in the collapse.
• Officials attributed the roof collapse at the Peshawar school to heavy rainfall on Thursday morning.
• Authorities raised the death toll in the Peshawar school collapse to at least 30 people killed.
• Police arrested the owner of the private school where the roof collapsed on Thursday.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his condolences and directed authorities to expedite the rescue operations.
• Authorities identified the collapsed school as Al-Khair Education Centre, a private school in Peshawar.
• Authorities ordered an investigation into the cause of the school roof collapse following the incident.
• Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar offered condolences on behalf of the government to the victims' families.