Roof of tutoring center collapses in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 14 children, police say

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(AP Photo/K.M Chaudary) Slippers of the children left behind at the site of an under-construction tutoring center which collapsed, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary) LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed no fewer than 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue authorities stated.

(AP Photo/K.M Chaudary) A man comforts a woman mourning over the death of her child, killed following the roof of a tutoring center under-construction collapsed, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary) Women mourn over the death of their children killed following the roof of a tutoring center under-construction collapsed, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.

(AP Video by Jahanzaib Aurangzaib) Women mourn next to the bodies of their children killed following the roof of a tutoring center under-construction collapsed, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary) Women mourn next to the bodies of their children killed following the roof of a tutoring center under-construction collapsed, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.

A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Lahore, Pakistan, has killed no fewer than 14 schoolchildren. A roof collapse at a tutoring center in Pakistan’s Kahna Town of Lahore District killed no fewer than 14 schoolchildren on Tuesday, as documented by the police and rescue authorities.

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