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At least five children killed as roof collapses in Rawalpindi

Dawn.com Published June 11, 2014
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RAWALPINDI: At least five children were killed and seven others injured on Wednesday when the rooftop of a makeshift residence in Rawalpindi fell on them, DawnNews reported.

The incident occurred in Dhoke Lalyal area and at least 12 other people were stuck under the debris.

Two of the injured were in critical condition.

Police personnel and rescue teams immediately reached the site of the incident and shifted the injured to Benazir Bhutto Hospital.

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John
Jun 11, 2014 12:39pm
All buildings need critical monitoring by municipality...
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Frolic
Jun 11, 2014 01:07pm
People deserve this, they don't utter a work to reform institutions. Everything is fine until something happens, and then a week long agenda for tv programs followed by life as usual until something grave occurs again. This is an ISLAMIC republic of Pakistan, where very few people are aware of true Islam.
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