Breaking: 27 students and a teacher dead after school roof collapse in Pakistan

At least 27 students under the age of 13 and one teacher were killed when a school roof collapsed in Pakistan's Peshawar city, a local hospital spokesperson said on Thursday.The students and teacher died at the scene, but were then taken to the Lady Reading Hospital along with more than 30 people who were injured in the incident.Some of the casualties are in a critical condition.Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for the emergency services said several children remained trapped under the rubble.According to witnesses, residents were among the first to reach the school in a congested neighbourhood in central Peshawar.The cause of the collapse is under investigation. Peshawar police chief Saeed Ahmed said the building was structurally weak and the school's owner had been arrested."We have so far taken out at least 45 children from the rubble," district emergency officer Iftikhar Khan said.A rescue official said the roof of a higher floor collapsed onto the roof of the first floor of the building, which then collapsed onto students.