Eleven people were killed and nine injured when the roof of a warehouse collapsed onto workers in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. Six women and two girls were among the dead in the incident in Rohri district of Sindh. "The labourers were busy processing dates in the warehouse when the roof collapsed," a senior local administration official Rahim Bukhsh Meethlo told AFP, confirming the toll.
He said an inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the incident. Local police also confirmed the toll.