Nine children killed, two injured in wall collapse

SUKKUR: Nine children were killed and two others injured when dilapidated wall of a house collapsed here Thursday, Rescue sources said.

The mud-stone made wall of a house located in village Ghulam Rasool Sambhani of Saleh Pat in Sukkur suddenly came down.

As a result of wall collapse, 11 children aged between two to 12 years playing near the scene were buried under the debris of which seven died on the spot while four others were critically injured.

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. Condition of the injured children was also stated to be serious.

The deceased included 7-year-old Ruksana d/o Sammu Biradari, Shambani, 4, Yaqoob, Guddi, 12, Ghulam Akbar, 9, Jalfat, Manzooran, 6, and Sitaran, 4. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah while taking notice of the incident has sought report. </s> Nine children were killed and two injured after the wall of a house collapsed on Thursday in the Salehpat Tehsil of Sukkur.

The police said that the children, who were between the ages of three and 12, were playing near the wall of the house when it collapsed. The wall was made of mud.

The injured children have been shifted to the hospital.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has taken notice of the incident. </s> Eight children died while two suffered injuries on Thursday when the wall of a house in Sukkur's suburban area collapsed, DawnNewsTV reported.

The incident occurred in the Ghulam Sarwar Shinbani village at the home of Samoon Bhanbro, who along with other adults was away tending to the crop fields nearby as the children played.

Among the children who died on the spot were seven-year-old Rukhsana, four-year-old Yaqoob, 12-year-old Faro, 12-year-old Rukhsana, nine-year-old Ghulam Akbar, six-year-old Manzooran, and four-year-old Sitaran, while 12-year-old Razia passed away during treatment.

Two children, namely two-year-old Dilshad and nine-year-old Sakhi Dino, received injuries and were taken to the nearby hospital by area residents. Emergency medical services were notified of the incident immediately but due to the area being located in the desert region, they could not reach timely.

Three families were living together in the home, whose walls had long started to disintegrate, area residents told the media.

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. </s> 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.

The tragedy struck when the children ranging in age from 2-12 years were playing in the house when the wall collapsed, burying them under the debris. The family members and neighbours rushed to rescue the children and pulled them from the debris. But by the time they could be pulled out, as many six of them had died in the immediate impact, family and medical sources said. Later, the bodies and the injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital, Sukkur, where five more children could not survive their serious injuries. The Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, took notice of the tragic incident and directed the DC Sukkur to submit a report.

SUKKUR: 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.

The tragedy struck when the children ranging in age from 2-12 years were playing in the house when the wall collapsed, burying them under the debris. The family members and the neighbours rushed to rescue the children and pulled them from the debris. But by the time they could be pulled out, as many as six of them had died due to the immediate impact, family and medical sources said. Later, the bodies and the injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital, Sukkur, where five more children could not survive their serious injuries.

The deceased children were identified as seven-year-old Rukhsana, 6-year-old Yaqub, 12-year-old Gudi, 6-year-old Zulfat, 12-year-old Ruksana, 9-year-old Akbar, 6-year-old Manzoora, 4-year-old Sattara, 2-year-old Dilshad, 9-year-old Sakhi Dino and 12-year-old Razia, while Dilshad and Sakhidino were wounded.

The Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, directed the DC Sukkur to submit a report about the tragic incident. The Deputy Commissioner, Sukkur, Rafiq Ahmed Buriro, visited the injured at the Sukkur Civil Hospital and directed the MS to ensure all medical facilities to the injured. The deputy commissioner also constituted an inquiry team to find out the cause of the incident.

Meanwhile, in yet another avoidable tragedy, an 8-year-old boy was electrocuted in Badin due to the negligence and callousness of the HESCO staff. The incident occurred in Natho Labari village near Talhar, when the children going to school came in contact with a snapped live electric wire lying unattended on the ground. As a result, 8-year-old Shankar was electrocuted, while his six-year-old friend was injured. The injured boy was shifted to the Hyderabad Civil Hospital in critical condition. The chief of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company suspended the SDO Wapda, Talhar Molidino and Line Superintendent Abdul Sattar for negligence.

Meanwhile, two persons including a mother and her son were killed following collision of their motorcycle with an ambulance on the Shahpur Road. The victims were identified as Mst Naimat and her son Ghulam Mustafa. </s> 9 children killed as wall falls on them in Sukkur village

SUKKUR: Nine children were killed and three injured as the wall of a house fell on them in a village near Sukkur on Thursday morning.

The tragic incident occurred in Ghulam Rasool Shambani village located on the outskirts of Saleh Patt in Sukkur district. The identity of dead could not be ascertained till filing this news.

The bodies and injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.

The eyewitnesses said that the wall of the house was old and in worst condition.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has taken notice of the incident and directed MPA Awais Shah to visit the incident place and take care of the injured children. The victims are aged between 5 to 10 years.

Two boys and six girls were among those died. The police reached the scene and started an investigation into the incident. </s> 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.

The incident happened Thursday at Ghulam Sarwar Shambani village. The children were aged between four and 12 years, they said.

"An inquiry has been ordered into the matter to prevent such incidents in future," Sukkur division commissioner Rafiq Ahmed Buriro 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. </s> JOHANNESBURG - Three children have been killed in a wall collapse in Doornfontein, in Johannesburg.

Officials say the children, aged between three and 10, were playing near the wall earlier on Monday when it caved in on Davies Street.

They died on the scene.

Emergency Services Robert Mulaudzi said: “Our resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful and they were later confirmed dead on the scene. At the moment, we’re trying to remove some unstable walls so that we can prevent the second collapse of that building.” </s> Three children were killed when an unstable wall collapsed in a building that their families had been occupying in Johannesburg's inner city, City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services said on Monday.

The incident happened between 12:00 and 13:00 on Monday.

EMS spokesperson, Robert Mulaudzi said: "We are here in Doornfontein, in the inner city of Johannesburg. A wall collapsed and in the process... three children between the ages of three and 10 lost their lives."

"It is an abandoned building and the walls are unstable. We are trying to remove the other unstable walls so that [they do] not collapse."

Mulaudzi said Gauteng police were investigating the incident. </s> At least three children playing in a rundown section of Johannesburg's inner city suburb of Doornfontein died on Monday‚ after a wall collapsed.

Police and the city's emergency services are on the scene.

The buildings in the area‚ which include a spaza shop‚ appear to be dilapidated and potentially hazardous.

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Eight children die and three are injured when the wall of a house collapses in the suburban area of Sukkur, Pakistan.