Pakistan Detains 2 After Lahore Tutoring Center Roof Collapse Kills 14 Children
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 30
Pakistan Detains 2 After Lahore Tutoring Center Roof Collapse Kills 14 Children
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 30
Summary
Two people were taken into custody after a Lahore tutoring center roof collapsed Tuesday, killing 14 children and a 30-year-old teacher as police gathered evidence for a negligence probe.
Preliminary findings said the center was unregistered and operated in a privately owned residential building with a dilapidated roof; a witness said workers were repairing tiles when it gave way.
The children who died were aged 5 to 16, most under 9, and rescuers pulled victims from rubble in the tightly packed neighborhood while several injured received treatment.
Punjab officials and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif promised a swift investigation and medical support, with the disaster again highlighting Pakistan's chronic building-safety failures after a 27-death Karachi collapse last year.