Rescue workers face difficulties in reaching site of collapsed roofpublished at 09:01 BST
Bilal Ahmed
Reporting from Peshawar
Image source, ReutersThe school is in a narrow street where only one vehicle can
pass at a time.
As a result, rescue workers have faced difficulties in
reaching the site and transporting the injured to hospitals.
One man, Sohail, tells the BBC: “My sister called me
around 09:30 and said, ‘Brother, come quickly. The school’s young children are
trapped under the collapsed roof.’ I, along with other residents of the area,
rushed to the scene and tried to pull them out using shovels.”
Earlier, Bilal Faizi, a rescue official in Peshawar, said:
“The rescue control room received a call at 8:48am reporting that the roof
of the school had collapsed.
“When our teams arrived, they found that the roof of
one section of the building had collapsed onto another. The children in the
affected classroom were trapped under the debris.”
