Six children among eight buried alive in Pakistan’s Punjab

Six children among eight buried alive in Pakistan’s Punjab
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Two adults and six children were buried alive and three injured when the roof of an academy came crashing down in Punjab province of Pakistan, an official said on Sunday. The incident took place in Hafizabad city, some 120 kms from northwest of Lahore, on Saturday evening. Two teachers and nine students were present in a classroom of the academy when its roof collapsed, according to the Punjab Emergency Department Rescue 1122. “They were trapped under the rubble. The rescue teams recovered four students alive and shifted them to a hospital, where one of them succumbed to his injuries,” Rescue 1122 said in a statement.

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