Child dies in roof collapse

Published August 10, 2006

LAHORE, Aug 9: A 12-year-old boy was killed while his mother and sister were injured in a roof collapse in Harbanspura on Wednesday.

Kalsoom Bibi, her daughter Shahnaz and son Farzand Ali, 12, were asleep when the roof of their room collapsed. They suffered serious injuries and were admitted to hospital where Farzand died while the condition of the injured was stated to be critical.

It is learnt that the single-storey house had been in a state of disrepair for long.

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