THE roof of a school collapsed in Pakistan today, killing at least 27 children and a female teacher and injuring more than three dozen other people, a hospital spokesman said.Several children remained trapped under the rubble in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for the emergency services.A hospital spokesman, Mohammad Asim, also confirmed the casualties, saying some of the injured were in critical condition. All the children killed or injured were 13 or younger, he added. 

THE roof of a school collapsed in Pakistan today, killing at least 27 children and a female teacher and injuring more than three dozen other people, a hospital spokesman said.

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

A hospital spokesman, Mohammad Asim, also confirmed the casualties, saying some of the injured were in critical condition. All the children killed or injured were 13 or younger, he added.

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