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Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 34, mostly children; owner arrested, KP orders safety audit of schools
The roof of a classroom at Al-Khair School, a private school in Peshawar, gave way on Thursday morning and brought down the floors below, killing at least 34 people, most of them children, according to hospital figures reported by the BBC and Dawn. Police say the building was overloaded and weak, the school owner has been arrested, and the KP governor has ordered a safety audit of all schools in the province.