KOHAT: Three girls and a boy were killed and a man was injured when roof of a house collapsed in lower Orakzai district on Saturday night.

Officials said that the roof and the boundary wall of a mud house collapsed in Darra Mina Khel area.

The volunteers pulled out the bodies and the injured and shifted them to the Kalaya hospital.

The four children were identified as Kashif Ali, 11, Nek Ameena, 8, Zahid, 13, and Seerat Ali, 12.

Colonel Zakir of Orakzai Scouts visited the house of the aggrieved family and offered condolences at the tragic incident.

Published in Dawn, April 6th, 2020

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