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Four kids among 7 dead in Thai roof collapse

BANGKOK: Seven people, including four children, were killed when a roof over a school sports field collapsed during a storm in Thailand, officials said on Tuesday.

The children, ages between 6 and 13, were playing in the open-sided building at the Wat Nern Por elementary school in northern Phichit province on Monday, watched by a number of spectators.

TOUGH TASK Rescue workers remove parts of a metal roof that collapsed on a structure at Wat Nern Por primary school in Phichit province, northern Thailand following a storm on Monday, May 22, 2023. PRICHIT PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AP