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At least 33 pupils and teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan

At least 33 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to hospital officials.

Emergency services were called to the private Al-Khair school in Dir Colony at 08:48 (03:48 GMT) on Thursday after lessons had begun, rescue official Bilal Faizi told the BBC.

The roof of an upper-floor classroom had collapsed, he said, causing ceilings below to cave in and trap children beneath the debris.

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