18 Indian Children Killed As Roof of School Collapses

At least 18 children were buried
alive and six others injured Wednesday when the roof of a
primary school collapsed following heavy rains in Kapkot area
of Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district in North India.
Uttarakhand state Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal
Nishank said the search and rescue teams have recovered the
bodies of 18 children from the debris so far while search is
on to find out others.
The roof of the Saraswati Shishu Mandir at Sumgad village
collapsed Wednesday morning when the children were studying,
burying them under the debris, he said.
Six other children were also rescued safely with minor
injuries from the debris, he was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India.