Heavy rains in northwestern Pakistan kill 8 people, mostly children

Heavy rains killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in Pakistan's northwest, an official said Saturday.

Downpours in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province caused rooms to collapse, crushing the people inside, according to Anwar Shahzad, a spokesperson for the local disaster management authority.

Shahzad said that three of the dead were siblings aged between 3 and 7 years old, from the same family. The casualties occurred in the past 24 hours, he added.