MANSEHRA: A man was killed and over a dozen others were injured when the roof of commercial building of the tehsil municipal administration collapsed at the Lorry Adda area on Saturday.

`We shifted the injured to a health facility after retrieving them from the rubble, where doctors pronounced one of them dead,` Amir Khadam, a Rescue 1122 official, told reporters.

The shopkeepers were busy selling general items in the ground-floor shops of the building, which is owned by the TMA, when a portion of its roof caved in, burying around a dozen people, witnesses said.

`We rushed to the spot, retrieved the injured, and shifted them to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital,` Mr Khadam added.

Six critically injured were later referred to Ayub Medical Complex Hospital in Abbottabad.

Traders demanded of the TMA to immediately dismantle the building`s dilapidated portions to prevent further loss of life.

`We demand the immediate demolition and reconstruction of this multi-storey building to avoid more fatal accidents in future,` an affected trader said.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Ibrar, who was married four days ago, ended his life by shooting himself dead in the Totmera area of Pulrah.

A police team led by DSP Pulrah circle Mohammad Arshad Khan rushed to the scene and shifted the body to a local health facility.

Doctors handed it over to family after completing medico-legal formalities.

`After lodging an FIR, we have started an investigation to ascertain the exact cause of the incident,` Mr Khan said.