Afghan Wedding Roof Collapse Kills Dozens (65 Dead, Mostly Women & Children)

[Turborama]

Source: Sky News

Wednesday October 27, 2010 -

Sixty-five people have been killed after a roof collapsed on a wedding party in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province.

More than 40 of the dead are thought to be women and children.

A senior Afghan official said dozens more had been wounded at the celebration. Jawad Bashart added that the house was overloaded and was only made of mud bricks. He said the women had been celebrating on the top floor, separately from the men, when the roof collapsed.

"There was a wedding in Warchi village of Jalga district of Baghlan province when the roof collapsed, killing more than 40 women and children," said governor Munshi Abdul Majid.

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[Warpy]

1. It's a measure of how awful things have gotten

that my first response was "well, at least we didn't do this one."

Those poor people.

[aquart]

5. Oh, Lord, that was my reaction, too.

[grahamhgreen]

2. "roof collapse", really?

[snooper2]

3. so you think it's a cover up?

:eyes:

[grahamhgreen]

4. I doubt it, but with the fog of war, the lack of eye witness testimony, and the willingness

to cover up on the part of the coalition, as well as frequent drone and Taliban attacks, I'd like to see some follow up.

Seems like a lot of dead from a mud roof collapse alone.