2026年7月1日 美国东部时间2:44 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
巴基斯坦拉合尔—— 警方和救援官员表示，周二巴基斯坦东部城市拉合尔一座在建辅导中心的屋顶坍塌，造成至少14名学童死亡。
高级警官费萨尔·卡姆兰表示，另有8名儿童受伤，正在医院接受治疗，并补充说辅导中心老板和另一名男子已被逮捕。
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卡姆兰称，救援人员在接到可能有更多儿童被困废墟下的报告后，正在 rubble 中展开搜救。他表示，该辅导中心设在一栋老旧建筑内，未完工的二楼屋顶显然因施工质量低劣而坍塌。
建筑坍塌在巴基斯坦屡见不鲜，当地建筑标准往往执行不力。许多建筑使用不合格材料建造，且为降低成本经常无视安全法规。不到一年前，巴基斯坦南部城市卡拉奇一座住宅楼坍塌，造成20多人死亡。
目击者称，屋顶坍塌后，救护车和救援人员迅速赶赴现场。居民们也加入了搜救行动，用铁锹和徒手搬运碎石，试图救出被困在废墟下的儿童。
数小时后，当儿童遗体被移交给家属时，医院外以及拉合尔郊区这处私人辅导中心所在居民区的场景令人心碎。父母们为失去孩子而痛哭，母亲和其他女性亲属悲痛不已，捶胸顿足。
大部分遇难者都住在附近，葬礼祈祷仪式预计将于周二晚些时候举行。
悲痛中夹杂着愤怒，居民们要求对辅导中心老板处以严厉惩罚，指责他在一栋他们所称的老旧且不安全的建筑内开班授课。数十名哀悼者聚集在遇难者家门外吊唁。
“我们都不知道先去哪家悼念丧子之痛，”居民扎法尔·伊克巴尔一边在附近街道的一户失去亲人的家庭间穿梭一边说道。
拉合尔是巴基斯坦人口最多的旁遮普省的首府，许多家长都会在下午和晚上将孩子送到当地的私人辅导中心上课。
巴基斯坦总统阿西夫·阿里·扎尔达里和总理夏巴兹·谢里夫对拉合尔晚间补习学校屋顶坍塌事件表示哀悼。他们在各自发表的声明中，向遇难者家属表示慰问，为伤者早日康复祈祷，并表示需要采取有效的安全措施，防止类似悲剧重演。
Roof of Pakistan tutoring center collapses, killing at least 14 children, officials say
July 1, 2026 2:44 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Lahore, Pakistan— A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed at least 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue officials said.
Eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal Kamran said, adding that the owner of the tutoring center and another person have been arrested.
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Rescue workers clear a damaged room after a tutoring center’s roof collapsed in the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, June 30, 2026. Arif Ali/AFP/Getty
Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris. He said the tutoring center was housed in an aging building and that the roof of an unfinished second floor apparently collapsed because of poor construction quality.
Building collapses are common in Pakistan, where construction standards are often poorly enforced. Many structures are built with substandard materials, and safety regulations are frequently ignored to reduce costs. A residential building collapsed less than a year ago in the southern city of Karachi, killing more than two dozen people.
Witnesses said ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the roof collapsed. Residents also joined the search, using shovels and their bare hands to remove rubble in an effort to reach children trapped beneath the debris.
Hours later, as the bodies of the children were being handed over to their families, scenes of anguish unfolded outside hospitals and in the neighborhood on the outskirts of Lahore where the private tutoring center was located in a house. Parents wept over the loss of their children, while mothers and other female relatives cried and beat their chests in grief.
Relatives mourn beside the body of a child killed when the roof of a private tutoring center collapsed, in the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, June 30, 2026. ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty
Most of the victims lived nearby, and funeral prayers were expected later Tuesday.
Grief was mixed with anger as residents demanded stern punishment for the owner of the tutoring center, blaming him for operating classes in what they described as an aging and unsafe building. Dozens of mourners were seen gathering outside the victims’ homes to offer condolences.
“We don’t know whose home to visit first to offer condolences for the loss of their children,” resident Zafar Iqbal said as he moved from one bereaved family’s home to another nearby street.
Lahore is the capital of Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province, where many parents send their children to private tutoring centers in the afternoon and evening.
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over the collapse of the roof of an evening school building in Lahore. In separate statements, they offered condolences to the families of the victims, prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured, and said effective safety measures were needed to prevent similar tragedies.
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