TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 14: Two children were killed and five others injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Chak 520/GB some 10km away from here on Thursday night.

Sources said the children were reciting Quran in a room of the house of one Ghulam Qadir when the dilapidated roof collapsed.

The deceased were identified as Faheem Akram (12) and Ghafooran Bibi (10).

Villagers rescued the injured children, who were taken to the DHQ hospital.

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