Three children killed in mud wall collapse

New Delhi: Three children were buried alive this morning after a mud wall collapsed on them in Parsehra Bujurg village in the district, police said.

Sabina (5), Simran (5) and Muharram (8) were playing near the mud wall when Rashid, a shopkeeper, was setting up his wooden makeshift stall alongside the wall and it collapsed, they said.

The locals rushed for the children’s help but could not save them, police said, adding that the bodies have been sent for postmortem.

–PTI