SUKKUR: A calamity struck a family in Salehpat when their 11 children were killed following the collapse of one of the walls of their house on Thursday in village Ghulam Sarwar Shanbhani in Sukkur. KARACHI: Nine children, including seven girls, were killed and two others injured when a wall of a mud house near which they were playing collapsed on them in Pakistan's Sukkur district, police said. A group of 11 children was playing near the mud house when the incident took place, he said The two injured were rushed to a hospital and have recovered, he added. The Rescue personnel could not reach the scene despite being informed timely after which the locals on self-help basis pulled out the bodies from the rubble and shifted them to a hospital, where two children succumbed to their injuries raising death toll to nine. As news of the tragedy spread, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took notice and instructed Sukkur Deputy Commissioner Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh to submit a report regarding the incident immediately and to ensure the injured children receive the best possible treatment.
Eight children die and three are injured when the wall of a house collapses in the suburban area of Sukkur, Pakistan.