Mourners attend funerals for 14 Pakistani children killed in tutoring center roof collapse
Fourteen schoolchildren were killed and eight injured when the roof of a tutoring center collapsed on Tuesday in Lahore, Pakistan. Mourners gathered on Wednesday for the funerals of the victims, who were up to 14 years old.
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Most people recovered were between seven and 11 years old.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief and directed authorities to provide medical assistance.
A roof collapse at a tutoring centre in Lahore, Pakistan, killed at least 14 schoolchildren.
Eight other children were injured and are being treated at a hospital.
The owner of the tutoring centre and another person have been arrested.
Fourteen children died after the roof of a building near Lahore collapsed on top of them.
The owner of the centre and another person have been arrested.
The tutoring centre was unregistered and operating in a privately owned residential building with a dilapidated roof.
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