Three children killed, their father injured in house collapse

Three children were killed and their father was injured when the roof of their home collapsed on them during rains at a village here Monday, police said. The deceased were identified as Junain (11), Nazia (9) and Sabia, they said.

Their father, Gulshan Ahmed, was rushed to a hospital where his condition is serious. Their mother had a narrow escape as she was in the kitchen preparing morning tea, the police said. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.