PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Two women were killed and a minor injured when a house collapsed in Mochian locality on Tuesday, police said.

Local people told Chamkani police that the wife and a daughter of Mubarak Shah died and a six-month-old baby was injured when their house collapsed.

LANDI KOTAL: A student of Government College, Landi Kotal, was killed and three children injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Perokhel village in Khyber Agency, APP adds.

The roof of the house of Haji Gul Marjan collapsed because of rain which has continued over the past couple of days in the area. Local people recovered body of the student, Imran, and rescued the three injured minors from the debris.

In another incident, eight-year-old Kashif was injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Ashkhel area.

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