Devastated families mourn children killed by Pakistan school roof collapse

Collapse kills 34 students below age 13 and female teacher Police chief says overloaded roof on weak structure caused collapse Hospital officials say three injured children remain in critical condition ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (Reuters) — When 7-year-old Rumaisa Khan set off for school on Thursday she was wearing a brand-new pair of shoes her father had just bought for her. Within hours she was dead, one of 34 students killed when the roof of her school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. "I had got her a pair of new shoes which she wore that day after gifting the old one to a cousin," her father, garment shop owner Ismail Khan, said on Friday as the community mourned the victims of the tragedy. He and his brother had pulled Rumaisa from the rubble of the Al-Khair Education Center, located in narrow alleys on the city outskirts. They rushed her to a hospital where she was declared dead. "She left us too early," he said. School bags, books and broken furniture were scattered across the site where the roof came down on nearly 110 students taking lessons in three classes. A total of 34 students, all below the age of 13, and a female teacher were killed. Residents had cl