{"id":21261,"date":"2024-07-13T13:51:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T13:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=21261"},"modified":"2024-07-13T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T14:06:40","slug":"school-building-collapse-in-nigeria-leaves-several-dead-over-100-trapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=21261","title":{"rendered":"School building collapse in Nigeria leaves several dead, over 100 trapped"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A number of children have died and more than 100 others are trapped after a school building collapsed in Nigeria\u2019s central Plateau state, local officials say.<\/p>\n

Saint Academy in the state capital Jos caved in while students were in class on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Trapped pupils were calling for help from under the rubble, AFP reported, with parents frantically searching for their children.<\/p>\n

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said \u201cthe exact number of deaths is still being confirmed\u201d. Media reports say at least 17 students were killed.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Nema said more than 40 trapped students were rescued and taken to local hospitals.<\/p>\n

Getty Images | More than 40 people have been rescued from the rubble, local officials say\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Nigeria\u2019s Punch newspaper reported 17 dead, while the AFP news agency quoted Red Cross spokesman Nuruddeen Hussain Magaji as saying 21 people were killed.<\/div>\n
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The school is believed to have more than 1,000 pupils.<\/p>\n

Local resident, Abel Fuandai, told the BBC that his friend\u2019s son had been killed and said \u201cthe scale of the tragedy is frightening\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said rescue workers and emergency officials were racing to save those trapped and using excavators to dig through the rubble.<\/p>\n

The cause of the collapse is not known, but residents said it came after three days of heavy rains in Plateau.<\/p>\n

Speaking from hospital, injured student Wulliya Ibrahim told AFP: \u201cI entered the class not more than five minutes, when I heard a sound, and the next thing is I found myself here.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are many in the class, we are writing our exams,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Resident Chika Obioha said he had seen a number of dead bodies and that dozens of people had been rescued.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is helping out to see if we can rescue more people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

There have been several major building collapses in Nigeria in recent years, with observers blaming a mix of bad workmanship, poor quality materials and corruption.<\/p>\n

In 2021, at least 45 people were killed when a high-rise building under construction collapsed in a wealthy Lagos neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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